reduce to tears

reduce someone to tears

to cause a person to cry through insults, frustration, and belittling. He scolded her so much that she was reduced to tears by the end of the meeting.

reduce somebody to tears

to make someone cry His classmates jeered, reducing him to tears.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Meginfrid	-	Ancient Germanic
Giorgia	JOR-jah	Italian
Fabijan	FAH-bee-yahn (Croatian)	Croatian, Slovene
Dempsey	['dempsi:]
Ermanno	er-MAHN-no	Italian
Ercwlff	-	Welsh