Tearing Synonyms and Antonyms

târĭng
To fill with tears
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. watering
Shedding tears
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ripping
  2. slicing
  3. rending
  4. cutting-up
  5. slashing
  6. slitting
  7. breaking
  8. lacerating
  9. severing
  10. bursting
  11. cleaving
  12. lacrimation
  13. parting in two
  14. splitting
  15. tearing down
  16. destroying
  17. knocking apart
  18. sundering
  19. lachrymation
  20. watering
Strip of feathers
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pulling
  2. plucking
  3. extracting
Antonyms:
  1. sewing
  2. mending
  3. fixing
Separate or cause to separate abruptly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. splitting
  2. shredding
  3. rupturing
  4. lacerating
  5. ripping
  6. busting
  7. storming
  8. slitting
  9. severing
  10. rending
  11. separating
  12. running
  13. razing
  14. raving
  15. snapping
  16. riving
  17. ranting
  18. raging
  19. cutting
  20. gashing
  21. fuming
  22. dividing
  23. dismembering
  24. disjoining
  25. damaging
  26. cleaving
  27. clawing
Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fierce
  2. vehement
  3. violent
  4. trigger-happy

Words Related to Tearing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Tearing Sentence Examples

  • Toni bellowed, tearing after her.

  • He pounced, tearing at the jumper.

  • He fell to his knees, tearing his jeans.

  • Do you know they're tearing up the fence behind the barn?

  • Tearing up the soil with the plough is regarded as an invasion of the domain of the earth-mother, punished by the all-devouring hunger for wealth, that increases with increasing produce.

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