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   lachrymose

   /ˈlakrɪməʊs/

   adjective

   • 1. tearful or given to weeping: "she was pink-eyed and lachrymose" Similar tearfulweepingcryingtearywith tears in one's eyesclose to tearson the verge of tearssobbingsnivellingwhimperingemotionalsadmournfulwoefulunhappydepressedgloomymelancholylow-spiriteddespondentdowncastlowglummorosesorrowfuljoylessdisconsolatedolefulmaudlinmiserableforlorngrief-strickenlugubriousinformal:weepyblubberingdowndown in the mouthblueliterary:dolorousrare:larmoyantOpposite cheerfullaughinghappy
   • ▪ inducing tears; sad: "a lachrymose children's classic" Similar tragicsadpoignantheart-rendingtear-jerkingmovingmelancholydepressingplaintivemawkishsentimentalinformal:soppyOpposite comic

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘like tears; liable to exude in drops’): from Latin lacrimosus, from lacrima ‘tear’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lachrymosely adverb
   • 2. lachrymosity noun

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