adj. 25B6; adjective
Georgina was tearful : CLOSE TO TEARS, emotional, upset, distressed, sad, unhappy; in tears, crying, weeping, sobbing, snivelling; informal weepy, teary; formal lachrymose.
a tearful farewell : EMOTIONAL, upsetting, distressing, sad, heartbreaking, sorrowful; poignant, moving, touching, tear-jerking; poetic/literary dolorous.
cheerful.