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
Svetoslav	-	Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Albrecht	AHL-brekht	German
Tycho	TIE-ko (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Efstathios	-	Greek
Josh	[dʒɔʃ]
Larysa	-	Ukrainian