Reverse Dictionary: TEARS

ADJECTIVES
1320 — BEWEPT drowned in tears; marked or disfigured by weeping → arch.
1350 — GREETY inclined to shed tears; tearful → obs.
1490 — LACHRYMABLE → LACRYMABLE meet for tears or weeping → obs.
1563 — RAINY shedding tears; tearful; said of the eyes
1583 — BEBLUBBERED befouled with tears; disfigured by blubbering
1583 — VAPOROUS moist with tears; said of the eyes → obs.
1593 — COLLACHRYMATE mingled with tears; accompanied with weeping → obs.
1598 — LIQUID filled with tears; said of the eyes
1606 — ONION-EYED having the eyes full of tears, as if from the effect of raw onions; ready to weep, tearful
1607 — LACHRYMAL resembling a tear or tears  
1609 — LACHRYMABLE → LACRYMABLE tearful; expressive of mourning → obs.
1625 — LACHRYMENTAL tearful, mournful → obs.
..18C — DACRYOPOETIC producing or causing tears, like a ‘tear-jerker’ screenplay
1705 — LACHRYMARY pert. to tears
1727 — LACHRYMABUND big with tears, with tears ready to fall → obs.
1727 — LACHRYMOSE given or ready to shed tears; of the eyes: suffused with tears
1776 — BEGRATTEN → BEGRITTEN → BEGRUTTEN tear-stained, disfigured with weeping → Sc.
1803 — LACHRYMAL pert. to tears; indicative of weeping
1824 — LARMOYANT given to tears; weeping; crying
1849 — LACHRYMATORY pert. to tears; tending to cause a flow of tears
1863 — WEEPY tearful, mournful; depressed, denoting tearfulness
1866 — LACHRYMOUS given or ready to shed tears  
1867 — MOODY-HEARTED disposed to tears; dispirited → Eng. dial.
1899 — FLUENT-TEARED easily moved to tears → Eng. dial.
1911 — BEGRAT tear-stained, disfigured with weeping → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BLIRT on the verge of tears → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BLIRTED tear-stained, swollen with weeping → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BLUBBERT → BLUBBIT tear-stained, disfigured with weeping → Sc. (Bk.)
1942 — GULPY tearful; mournful → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PIPEY tearful. mournful → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SOBBY tearful; mournful → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SOFT tearful; mournful → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1999 — IN BITS emotionally tearful or distraught → UK sl.

NOUNS
1400 — SALT WATER tears → humorous usage
1449 — SHOWER an outpouring or flood of tears
1500 — EFFUSION shedding of tears → obs.
1572 — LACHRYMATION the shedding of tears; weeping
1591 — EYE-STREAM a flow of tears  
1591 — EYE-WATER tears
1606 — EYE-BRINE tears → obs.
1663 — HEAT-DROPS tears
..L17 — CAINSHAM SMOKE the tears of a man who is beaten by his wife → sl.
1712 — GUSH a flood of tears
1793 — BACKWATER tears → Sc.
..L18 — NEW RIVER HEAD tears → sl.
..19C — BLEE a tear → Eng. dial. obs.
1810 — TEAR-BLOB a teardrop → Sc.
1825 — SAP tears, the moisture of grief or sorrow → Sc.
1868 — PEARLINGS tears → Sc.
1904 — SAP tears produced by vexation or affliction → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BLEARS tears or their traces → Sc. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1620 — LACHRYMIST a person addicted to tears; a weeper

VERBS
..725 — GREET to shed tears
..900 — YET to shed tears → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1340 — DROP to shed tears
1373 — PLORE to shed tears, to wail; also, to lament → obs.
1374 — RAIN to fall like rain; said of tears
1400 — SILE to flow; said of tears → obs.
1508 — RAP to fall in pattering drops, esp. of tears → Sc.
1542 — WATER ONE’S PLANTS to shed tears; to weep; to cry → jocular usage, obs.
1580 — BETEAR to suffuse with tears → obs.
1588 — RAIN to shed tears copiously
1597 — SHOWER to shed tears; to weep → obs.
1613 — RUMATIZE to shed tears; to bring tears to the eyes → obs.
1623 — LACHRYMATE to shed tears, to lament, to weep → obs.
1632 — VENT OUT to shed tears → obs.
1657 — ELACRYMATE to shed in the form of tears → obs.
1760 — VENT to shed tears → obs.
1791 — HAPPLE to trickle, to roll down, as tears → Sc.
..19C — BIBBLE to shed tears; to cry and sob; to snivel → Eng. dial.
1809 — LAY IN to shed or ‘turn on’ tears
1810 — TEAR to shed tears, to weep → Sc.
1816 — LET FALL to shed tears
..L19 — WORK THE TEAR-PUMP to burst into tears, probably insincerely → sl.
1911 — BLEER to make the eyes water; to bedim the eyes, as with tears → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BLIRT to burst into tears; to weep → Sc. (Bk.)