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1
causing unhappiness
- a teary ending to what had been up to that point a lighthearted movie
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2
given to expressing strong emotion (as sorrow) by readily shedding tears
- he's one of those teary drunks who sees fit to bore the other bar patrons with his sad stories
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The first known use of teary was in the 14th century
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