tearless

tear·less

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [teer-lis]
- /ˈtɪər lɪs/
- /ˈtɪə.ləs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [teer-lis]
- /ˈtɪər lɪs/

Definitions of tearless word

adjective tearless not weeping or shedding tears. 1
adjective tearless unable to shed tears. 1
adjective tearless without tears; not weeping 0
adjective tearless unable to weep 0

See all 4 definitions of tearless

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Origin of tearless

First appearance:

before 1585

One of the 35% oldest English words

First recorded in 1585-95; tear1 + -less

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Parts of speech for Tearless

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Tearless

tearless popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

tearless usage trend in Literature

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