Lachrymose

//ˈlæk.ɹɪ.moʊs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

    "It is true that Limeans were given to interpolating trivial songs into the most exquisite comedies and some lachrymose effects into the austerest music; but at least they never submitted to the boredom of a misplaced veneration."

Adjective
  1. 1
    showing sorrow wordnet

Synonyms

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atrabiliaryatrabiliousblithelessblubberingbluebummed out

Example

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"She was so lachrymose, she cried at commercials for long-distance phone companies."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lacrimōsus, from lacrima (“tear”) + -osus (“-ful”), from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, cognate with English tear.

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