Crying or weeping is the shedding of tears is a response to an emotional state, or pain. Several emotions that can lead to crying include anger, sadness, and even happiness.
Adjective Words to Describe Tears
Following are common adjectives for describing tears when someone is crying:
| bloody | heartfelt | nervous | shed |
| bright | human | parting | silent |
| childish | hysterical | pious | sincere |
| cruel | impending | pitiful | sorrow |
| crying | involuntary | pitying | strange |
| dark | joyful | pleasing | sudden |
| falling | large | precious | sympathetic |
| foolish | lingering | quiet | trembling |
| friendly | lonely | rare | true love |
| frozen | manly | real | unaccustomed |
| funeral | mingled | red | unavailing |
| gentle | mortal | reluctant | uncontrollable |
| glad | mournful | sacred | unmanly |
| glorious | natural | sad | unrestrained |
| great | needless | scattered | weeping |