tearfulness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tearfulness
    n 1: sadness expressed by weeping [syn: {weepiness},
         {tearfulness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tearful \Tear"ful\, a.
   Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful
   eyes. -- {Tear"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Tear"ful*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]