She was so lachrymose, she cried at commercials for long-distance phone companies.
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Lachrymose
//ˈlæk.ɹɪ.moʊs//
Synonyms for "lachrymose" (125 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (62)
Adjective(35 words)
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5 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 18 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بكّاء adj (tearful; causing tears)
Bulgarian
2 entries- плачещ adj (tearful; causing tears)
- сълзлив adj (tearful; causing tears)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 催泪的 adj (tearful; causing tears)
Dutch
3 entries- aangrijpend adj (tearful; causing tears)
- intriest adj (tearful; causing tears)
- treurig adj (tearful; causing tears)
Finnish
3 entries- itkettävä adj (tearful; causing tears)
- itkuinen adj (tearful; causing tears)
- kyynelehtivä adj (tearful; causing tears)
French
1 entries- lacrymal adj (tearful; causing tears)
Friulian
1 entries- lagrimôs adj (tearful; causing tears)
German
3 entries- ergreifend adj (tearful; causing tears)
- nahe gehend adj (tearful; causing tears)
- traurig adj (tearful; causing tears)
Italian
1 entries- lacrimoso adj (tearful; causing tears)
Māori
2 entries- matawai adj (tearful; causing tears)
- matawaia adj (tearful; causing tears)
Polish
2 entries- płaczliwy adj (tearful; causing tears)
- łzawy adj (tearful; causing tears)
Portuguese
1 entries- lacrimoso adj (tearful; causing tears)
Romanian
1 entries- lăcrimos adj (tearful; causing tears)
Russian
2 entries- плакси́вый adj (tearful; causing tears)
- слезли́вый adj (tearful; causing tears)
Spanish
2 entries- lacrimoso adj (tearful; causing tears)
- lacrimógeno adj (tearful; causing tears)
Swedish
3 entries- gråtmild adj (tearful; causing tears)
- sorglig adj (tearful; causing tears)
- tårfylld adj (tearful; causing tears)
Turkish
2 entries- ağlamaklı adj (tearful; causing tears)
- ağlatan adj (tearful; causing tears)
Welsh
2 entries- dagreuol adj (tearful; causing tears)
- wylofus adj (tearful; causing tears)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
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