Word "TEARS" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
Synonyms:
crying, weeping
Examples:
she was in tears

Crossword Clues for TEARS

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Rips Commuter 30 Dec 2025
Wept droplets The Times Concise 20 Dec 2025
Salty water drops that may fall even if you're happy
Rips (5) Puzzler 22 Oct 2025
____ for Fears, Shout band The Telegraph Plusword 21 Oct 2025
Rips New York Times 06 Oct 2025
Rips (5) Mirror Quick 16 Aug 2025
New rates for rents (5) Mirror Cryptic 16 Aug 2025
Signs of sadness Commuter 12 Aug 2025
Signs of sadness, say The Telegraph Plusword 06 Aug 2025
The ___of a Clown, 1967 song by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (5)
Sign of sorrow Thomas Joseph 03 Jul 2025
Cry, shed...
Signs of woe (5)
Sad signs
Liquid secretions of a lacrimal gland, containing the bacteria-destroying lysozyme (5)
Sorrowful drops?
Ruptures causing visible distress
Charges different rates (5)
Salty water from the eyes (5)
Rips Mirror Quick 01 May 2025
New rates for rents Mirror Cryptic 01 May 2025
Lacerates eye secretions (5)
Rips Commuter 24 Apr 2025
Face With ___ of Joy (😂 emoji)
Rips rates apart (5) Puzzler Cryptic 20 Apr 2025
To stare can make your eyes water!
Rips Mirror Classic 06 Apr 2025
Sobber's excretions
Splits - dashes off (5)
Rips rates apart (5) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Mar 2025
Eye drops? Universal 10 Mar 2025
Rips Commuter 05 Mar 2025
Eye drops Eugene Sheffer 03 Mar 2025
Cry crocodile ___
Is in too much hurry to use the letter opener? (5)
Rips up Commuter 13 Feb 2025
Rips The Telegraph Quick 11 Feb 2025
Rips rates apart (5) Puzzler Cryptic 07 Feb 2025
Sign of sorrow Thomas Joseph 03 Feb 2025
Lacerates (5) Puzzler 27 Jan 2025
Salty water drops that may fall even if you're happy
Rips material from 21 (5)
Rips, as paper Newsday 15 Jan 2025
Rips rates apart (5) Puzzler Cryptic 01 Jan 2025
Curt Smith's band whose current album is Songs For A Nervous Planet (5,3,5)
Charges terrible rates (5)
Moves at speed in waterworks The Sun Two Speed 23 Dec 2024
Rips The Sun Two Speed 23 Dec 2024
They fall, crying (5)
Band behind Songs For A Nervous Planet (5)
Rips (up) Newsday 16 Dec 2024
Rushes from Snatch shown before the end of Cannes
Crying: in -
Elation evidence Newsday 23 Nov 2024
Eye drops?
Rips off rates (5)
Wet from weeping
Eye droplets The Sun Mini 02 Nov 2024
Increases the rent? (5)
Moisture when weeping (5)
Tracks of My ___, hit for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Puzzler Backwords 07 Oct 2024
Shed these when crying
Rips Mirror Quick 28 Sep 2024
New rates for rents Mirror Cryptic 28 Sep 2024
Possibly rates as damage (5)
Pulls to shreds evidence of grief (5)
___ For Fears, pop band (5)
Rents will produce indications of sadness (5)
Sign of joy or grief
Rips rates apart (5) Puzzler Cryptic 27 Aug 2024
Signs of sorrow at rips (5)
Charges unreasonable rates (5)
How one rushes to show sign of sorrow (5)
Glum drops LA Times Daily 06 Aug 2024
Signs of sorrow Thomas Joseph 31 Jul 2024
Water from the eyes Commuter 29 Jul 2024
English pop rock band formed in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal, _ For Fears (5)
Drops on one's face
'The big round ___ Cours'd one another down his innocent nose' (AYLI) (5)
Signs of sadness. The master's heart is moved (5)
More than one drop in high rates (5) The Guardian Cryptic 03 Jul 2024
Sign of sorrow Thomas Joseph 28 Jun 2024
Gift-wrapping mishaps Newsday 23 Jun 2024
Taser shot may end in this (5)
Hips rates apart (5)
_ for Fears: English duo who had huge international success in the 1980s (5)
Charges for tea at the Royal Society (5)
Heart-rending evidence of unhappiness? (5)
Products of crying
Drops in rents? (5)
Drops from the eyes Commuter 28 May 2024
Drops of water from the eyes (5)
Rates replaced by rents
Sorrowful drops?
Rips eye secretions (5)
Is in too much of a hurry to use the letter-opener? (5)
Eye drops Eugene Sheffer 20 May 2024
The result of crying about 21 (5)
Evidence of happiness or sadness
Indications of joy or sorrow LA Times Mini 12 May 2024
Turns to confetti, say
Signs of sadness Commuter 02 May 2024
Signs of remorse after a ripping time, perhaps (5)
Goes to pieces and runs (5)
Rips Commuter 18 Apr 2024
Pulls to pieces for crying (5)
Rips Commuter 10 Apr 2024
___ in Heaven, Eric Clapton hit (5)
Shreds to pieces
Shreds the aster apart (5)
Rents and rates modified (5)
Rips rates apart (5) Puzzler Cryptic 26 Mar 2024
Flow out when rates are received (5)
Rents from rates
Signs of sorrow Wall Street Journal 19 Mar 2024
Drops that are shed USA Today 16 Mar 2024
Pulls apart Newsday 15 Mar 2024
Lamentation moves along quickly (5)
Water from your eyes (5)
Evidence of crying when rents are produced? (5)
They can be mended at various rates (5)
Result of crying often seen behind shed (5)
Wrenches from and it splits (5)
Rips (up) Newsday 28 Jan 2024
Salty water drops that may fall even if you're happy
Eye secretions
Races, or rips Universal 12 Jan 2024
Rips The Sun Two Speed 11 Jan 2024
Yanks in State Arsenal The Sun Two Speed 11 Jan 2024
Rips The Sun Two Speed 08 Jan 2024
Moves at speed in waterworks The Sun Two Speed 08 Jan 2024
Symbol of sadness Wall Street Journal 20 Dec 2023
Rips (up) Newsday 19 Dec 2023
Rips USA Today 10 Dec 2023
Rushes at various rates (5)
Sorrowful flow
Eye drops?
Doesn't use scissors LA Times Daily 19 Nov 2023
Doesn't use scissors
Mascara spoilers Wall Street Journal 04 Nov 2023
Eye drops Eugene Sheffer 01 Nov 2023
Rips The Telegraph Quick 20 Jun 2023
Glum drops New York Times 09 Jun 2023
See 5 The Guardian Cryptic 07 Jun 2023
Sign of sorrow Thomas Joseph 28 Mar 2023
Signs of sorrow Wall Street Journal 06 Mar 2023
Signs of sadness USA Today 19 Feb 2023
Rips Universal 09 Feb 2023
Rips up Newsday 08 Feb 2023
'Shout' band ___ for Fears USA Today 17 Dec 2022
Gift-wrapping mishaps Newsday 20 Nov 2022
Sorrow signs Wall Street Journal 19 Nov 2022
Origami mishaps USA Today 13 Nov 2022
Waterworks Newsday 03 Sep 2022
Sign of sorrow Thomas Joseph 04 Jul 2022
"___ Are Not Enough," 1985 charity single by Northern Lights to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine
Rips The Telegraph Quick 07 May 2022
They may stream down your face
Eye drops? Universal 15 Mar 2022
Rips Universal 04 Feb 2022
Evidence of joy or sadness The Washington Post Sunday 30 Jan 2022
Rips beverage money
Crocodile's false drops
Rips USA Today 16 Oct 2021
Signs of joy USA Today 19 Sep 2021
Cat With ___ of Joy (emoji) New York Times 10 Sep 2021
Signs of sadness Universal 21 Aug 2021
Eye drops Thomas Joseph 17 Aug 2021
Rips The Telegraph Quick 03 Jun 2021
Shed them in sadness Irish Times Simplex 14 May 2021
Drops of joy?
"No More ___," 1979 duet by Donna Summer with Barbra Streisand
Signs of something moving? New York Times 11 Mar 2021
Signs of sorrow Thomas Joseph 08 Mar 2021
Salty drops LA Times Daily 16 Feb 2021
Salty drops The Washington Post 16 Feb 2021
Signs of sorrow Newsday 10 Feb 2021
Rips Universal 02 Feb 2021
Bawler's droplets Universal 01 Feb 2021
Down stream? New York Times 17 Jan 2021
Rips Family Time 06 Dec 2020
'The ___ of a Clown' (Miracles hit) USA Today 30 Nov 2020
Eye drops LA Times Daily 06 Sep 2020
Eye drops The Washington Post 06 Sep 2020
Eye drops Thomas Joseph 15 Aug 2020
After-effects of chopping onion
Sign of sorrow Thomas Joseph 19 Jun 2020
Drops bombs The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jun 2020
Salty stream down one's cheek
They might be shed by tense organs
Weeping droplets
Drops of despondency Wall Street Journal 18 Apr 2020
Droplets from a duct USA Today 14 Apr 2020
Crocodile's false drops
Hurries, seeing evidence of unhappiness The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Feb 2020
Rips odd bits out of thesaurus
What baby shampoo avoids Jonesin 31 Dec 2019
Drops of sorrow
Gift-wrapping mishaps Newsday 28 Nov 2019
Cuts the hairs so oddly The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Oct 2019
Some muscle injuries USA Today 14 Oct 2019
Signs of sadness USA Today 12 Oct 2019
Duct outflow USA Today 08 Oct 2019
Signs of sorrow Wall Street Journal 18 Jul 2019
Moves at speed in waterworks
Some muscle injuries
Signs of sorrow
Signs of sadness
Duct outflow
Rips The Sun Two Speed 27 Dec 2018
Yanks in State Arsenal The Sun Two Speed 27 Dec 2018
Eye drops Eugene Sheffer 25 Dec 2018
Jags New York Times 14 Dec 2018
Moves at speed in waterworks The Sun Two Speed 13 Dec 2018
Weeper's drops Newsday 10 Dec 2018
Rips (up) Newsday 05 Dec 2018
Regular provider of the fairest rents
Origami mishaps The Chronicle of Higher Education 16 Nov 2018
Shed them and cry Irish Times Simplex 03 Oct 2018
Crying proof Universal 28 Sep 2018
Glum drops Wall Street Journal 04 Sep 2018
Eye drops? Universal 31 Jul 2018
Onion product Thomas Joseph 11 Jul 2018
Wardrobe malfunctions The New Yorker 25 Jun 2018
Sign of sorrow or joy USA Today 07 May 2018
Show of emotion New York Times 21 Apr 2018
Natural eye drops Universal 06 Apr 2018
They are shed when you cry
Crying proof
Jags
Sign of sorrow or joy
Natural eye drops
Glum drops
Eye drops?
Show of emotion
Origami mishaps
"___ in Heaven" Universal 14 Dec 2017
Rips; droplets The Times Concise 29 Nov 2017
In ___ (crying)
Pulls apart Newsday 13 Aug 2017
Drops of sorrow LA Times Daily 30 Jul 2017
Drops of sorrow The Washington Post 30 Jul 2017
Drops rents
Reaction to sad news New York Times 20 Jul 2017
Rips apart Newsday 03 Jul 2017
___ for Fears Universal 13 Jun 2017
Eye drops for an unhappy camper Universal 10 Jan 2017
Signs of sadness LA Times Daily 09 Jan 2017
Drops of sorrow
Eye drops for an unhappy camper
Reaction to sad news
Signs of sadness
"___ in Heaven"
Clothing mishaps Newsday 01 Jan 2017
___ for Fears
Mascara ruiners Wall Street Journal 21 Dec 2016
Cry and shed them Irish Times Simplex 25 Oct 2016
Water in eyes The Telegraph Quick 13 Aug 2016
What onion peelers shed USA Today 12 Jul 2016
Lacerations LA Times Daily 25 Jun 2016
Signs of sorrow Universal 30 Apr 2016
Saline drips? The Washington Post 20 Apr 2016
Around second half of year, put up rents
Goes like the dickens Universal 03 Apr 2016
Waterworks The Washington Post 01 Apr 2016
Puzzles not set (not entirely) producing signs of grief The Telegraph Toughie 24 Feb 2016
Goes quickly Newsday 07 Feb 2016
Crier's output Eugene Sheffer 23 Jan 2016
Lacerations
What onion peelers shed
Sorrowful drops Universal 04 Sep 2015
Onion byproducts Wall Street Journal 31 Aug 2015
Goes full-tilt Newsday 29 Aug 2015
Pulls apart, as paper Newsday 17 Aug 2015
Wrenches LA Times Daily 07 Aug 2015
Rents and rates revised The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Jul 2015
A sad thing to be in Universal 11 May 2015
Crocodile Eugene Sheffer 11 May 2015
Eye droppers? New York Times 05 May 2015
Races New York Times 12 Mar 2015
Sign of joy or sorrow Wall Street Journal 02 Mar 2015
Origami mishaps Newsday 26 Feb 2015
Rips up Newsday 15 Feb 2015
Signs of sorrow, and a hint to the word hidden inside 17-, 24-, 45-, and 57-Across
Eye droppers?
Rips
Goes full-tilt
Pulls apart, as paper
A sad thing to be in
Sorrowful drops
Rips up
Pulls apart
Origami mishaps
Wrenches
Races
Glum drops
Drops during lows
They make tracks
Pulls to pieces
Rips
Sign of joy or sorrow
Sadness symbolized
Cheek dampeners
Waterworks
Benders
Rushes
Salty stream
Duct outflow
Goes fast
Moves very quickly exuding drops
Signs of sorrow or joy
With 68-Down really yells at,
Forgoes scissors
Result of a sad story?
Glum drops?
Forgoes scissors
Result of a sad story?
Makeup ruiners
They may signify joy
Rips
Signs of sorrow
Mourning dew?
They may stream down the cheeks
They may signify joy
Origami mishaps
"___ In Heaven"
Origami mishaps
Adjustable "rates"?
Pulls to pieces
Drops of distress
Outpouring from ducts
Moves rapidly
Salty drops
Contents of Alice's pool
Crocodile's output?
They're seen at going-away parties
They may stem from joy or sorrow
Signs of sorrow or joy
They're shed
"Like Niobe, all ___": Hamlet
Rips
Sign of sorrow
Waterworks
Sign of sorrow or joy
Saltwater phenomena?
Signs of joy or sorrow
Sign of joy or sadness
Flies
Crocodile __ (insincere show)
Saltwater phenomena?
Glum drops?
Evidence of pain
Sign of joy, maybe
Goes like heck
Eye drops?
Rips
Signs of joy, at times
Goes like the dickens
Eyedrops?
A sad thing to be in
"___ on My Pillow" (1958 hit)
Cure for dry eyes
Things leaving tracks
Goes a mile a minute
Splits in two, perhaps
Forgoes scissors
Goes like the dickens
Rips, as paper
Sign of joy
Reacts to slicing onions
Outpouring from ducts
Salty drops
Blubbery water
Peeling onion after effects
Eye drops
They might be brought on by onions
Pulls apart
Pulls apart
Glum drops
Crocodile ___
Signs of sorrow
Onion byproducts
Cheek dampeners
Muscle injuries
Result of 27-Down
"___ on My Pillow"
Perforates
Evidence of sorrow
Troubled waters?
Rips (up)
Sob blobs
Sadness
Rips apart
Pulls apart
Glum drops?
Signs of sadness
They may leave a stain
Crier's output
"__ of a Clown"
Eye drops
Waterworks
Crier's output
Salty drops
Sadness
Symbols of defeat
Lachrymal drops
Weeping result
Ocular output
Glum drops
'The -- of a Clown ('70 song)'
Signs of emotion
Binges
Book damage
Eye drops
Rips
Eye drops
Onion byproducts
Binges
Rips up
Races
Eye drops
Sprees
Eye drops
___ For Fears ("Everybody Wants to Rule the World" band)
Glum drops
Onion effects
Sign of suffering
Sorrow
In ___: weeping
Rends
Pulls to pieces
"__ on My Pillow"
Makers of wet tracks
Benders
Signs of sorrow or joy
Goes like the dickens
Ocular outflow
1966 hit 96 ____
Streamers?
Rips
Eye drops?
Goes quickly
Weeper's wetness
They're seen at going-away parties
Sorrow, so to speak
Eye drops
Rends
Cheek stainers
Rips (up)
Lacerates
Lachrymal drops
Lamenter's lapful
Sorrow
Lachrymal outpouring
Emotional signs
Niobe's flood
Dolorous drops
Crying
Pop music's ___ for Fears
Sprees
Lachrymose output
Lachrymal fluid
Cause of Alice's pool
L. W. Reese poem
Pulls apart
Lacerates
Shreds
Niobe's outpouring
Effusions from 27 Down
Contents of Alice's pool
Rents
Niobe's outflow
Salty drops
Crying
Rips
Rips or rips along
Hurries
" . . . idle ___": Tennyson
Signs of sorrow
"Like Niobe, all ___"
Lachrymae
Uses a shredder
Reactions to onions
"If you have ___, prepare to . . . "
Eyewash
Vale of ___
Wrenches
Niobe's output
Memorable sonnet.
Sorrow.
Vale of ___.
Bored to ___
Hastens: Colloq.
Briny drops.
"If you have ___ . . . "
"Like Niobe, all ___."—Hamlet.
Lizette Reese's well-known sonnet.
Lizette Reese sonnet.
Rushes.
Emotional signs.
Niobe's symbol.
Disrupts.
Reese sonnet.
Moves with speed.
Saline drops.
Manifestation of woe.
Contents of a lachrymatory.
Johnnie Ray's specialty.
Lachrymal drops.
Runs fast.
With 36-Across, attacks verbally
Memorable sonnet by Lizette Reese.
Certain drops.
Niobe's forte.
Signs of emotion.
Audience reaction to Johnnie Ray.
Lizette Reese's famous sonnet.
One of a Churchill trio.
Rents.
Lachrymae.
Lizette Reese's memorable sonnet.
Eye drops.
Sonnet by Lizette Reese.
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