with tears in one's eyes
adjective
Roget 824:
excited
etc.
v.;
wrought up,
up the qui vive [Fr.],
astir,
sparkling;
in a quiver
etc.
821,
in a fever,
in a ferment,
in a blaze,
in a state of excitement;
in hysterics;
black in the face,
overwrought,
tense,
taught,
on a razor's edge;
hot,
red-hot,
flushed,
feverish;
all of a twitter,
in a pucker;
with quivering lips,
with tears in one's eyes.
flaming;
boiling over;
ebullient,
seething;
foaming at the mouth;
fuming,
raging,
carried away by passion,
wild,
raving,
frantic,
mad,
distracted,
beside oneself,
out of one's wits,
ready to burst,
bouleverse†,
demoniacal.
lost,
eperdu [Fr.],
tempest-tossed;
haggard;
ready to sink.
stung to the quick,
up,
on one's high ropes.
exciting,
absorbing,
riveting,
distracting
etc.
v.;
impressive,
warm,
glowing,
fervid,
swelling,
imposing,
spirit-stirring,
thrilling;
high-wrought;
soul-stirring,
soul-subduing;
heart-stirring,
heart-swelling,
heart-thrilling;
agonizing
etc.
(painful)
830;
telling,
sensational,
hysterical;
overpowering,
overwhelming;
more than flesh and blood can bear;
yellow.
piquant
etc.
(pungent)
392;
spicy,
appetizing,
provocative,
provoquant†,
tantalizing.
eager to go,
anxious to go,
chafing at the bit.
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adverb
Roget 837:
with a long face,
with tears in one's eyes;
sadly
etc.
adj..
adjective
Roget 839:
lamenting
etc.
v.;
in mourning,
in sackcloth and ashes;
sorrowing,
sorrowful
etc.
(unhappy)
828;
mournful,
tearful;
lachrymose;
plaintive,
plaintful†;
querulous,
querimonious†;
in the melting mood;
threnetic†.
in tears,
with tears in one's eyes;
with moistened eyes,
with watery eyes;
bathed in tears,
dissolved in tears;
like Niobe all tears"
[Hamlet].
elegiac,
epicedial†.
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