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lachrymose

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lach·ry·mose  (lkr-ms)
adj.
1. Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful.
2. Causing or tending to cause tears.

[Latin lacrimsus, from lacrima, tear; see lachrymal.]

lachry·mosely adv.
lachry·mosi·ty (-ms-t) n.

lachrymose [ˈlækrɪˌməʊs -ˌməʊz]
adj
1. given to weeping; tearful
2. mournful; sad
[from Latin lacrimōsus, from lacrima a tear]
lachrymosely  adv
lachrymosity  [ˌlækrɪˈmɒsɪtɪ] n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.lachrymoselachrymose - showing sorrow                      
sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13

lachrymose
adjective tearful, crying, weeping, woeful, sad, mournful, lugubrious, weepy (informal), dolorous the tears of lachrymose mourners
Translations
lachrymose [ˈlækrɪməʊs] ADJlacrimoso, lloroso
lachrymose
adj (liter) personweinerlich; story, film etcrührselig, ergreifend


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TWO Blighted Beings, haggard, lachrymose, and detested, met on a blasted heath in the light of a struggling moon.
Master Nicholas, the village barber, however, used to say that neither of them came up to the Knight of Phoebus, and that if there was any that could compare with him it was Don Galaor, the brother of Amadis of Gaul, because he had a spirit that was equal to every occasion, and was no finikin knight, nor lachrymose like his brother, while in the matter of valour he was not a whit behind him.
He was by turns devout and obscene, merry and lachrymose.
 
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