lachrymose en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈlækrɪˌməʊs/ (UK)
- /ˈlæk.ɹɪ.moʊs/
- /ˈlækrəˌmoʊs/ (US)
- /ˈlækrɪˌməʊz/ (UK)
- lăk′rə-mōs'
- (US) audio
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lachrymōsus, lacrimōsus, from lachryma, lacrima (“tear”) + -osus (“-ful”), from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, cognate with English tear.
Meanings
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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.
1927, Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, page 69:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most lachrymose | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| lacrimose | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more lachrymose | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unlachrymose · lachrymosely · lachrymosity · lachrymoseness
Relateds
Synonyms
solemn · downsome · unconsolable · elegious · crestfallen · grief-stricken · cryey · melancholic · dull · Plutonic · chopfallen · sad · lumpish · bummed out · sorrowful · saddened · larmoyant · weepy · elegiac · plaintive · cut up · sorrowsome · chapfallen · unlively · unhappy · doleful · low · teary · moody · gloomy · ruthful · lamentful · heartsore · down in the dumps · moist · disconsolate · maudlin · sullen · infelicitous · disheartened · shattered · atrabiliary · glum · cheerless · miserable · damp · atrabilious · uncheery · unhappy · tristful · down in the mouth · lugubrious · low-spirited · depressed · grieving · triste · querulous · uncheerful · threnetic · joyless · lachrymate · sorrow-ridden · forlorn · blue · tearful · downhearted · crysome · dolesome · heavy-hearted · down · mopey · sombre · melancholy · lachrymose · inconsolable · dispirited · saturnine · sobful · heartsick · passionate · Plutonian · spiritless · blitheless · lachrymose · woeful · jawfallen · disgruntled · downcast · woebegone · dejected · wistful · dismal · lachrymate · woe · wretched · morose · despondent · miserable · threnetical · watery · mournful
Translations (33)
nl intriest (tearful; causing tears) · es lacrimógeno (tearful; causing tears) · cmn 催泪的 (tearful; causing tears) · nl aangrijpend (tearful; causing tears) · pt lacrimoso (tearful; causing tears) · ru плакси́вый (tearful; causing tears) · sv tårfylld (tearful; causing tears) · de traurig (tearful; causing tears) · cy wylofus (tearful; causing tears) · fi itkuinen (tearful; causing tears) · cy dagreuol (tearful; causing tears) · nl treurig (tearful; causing tears) · mi matawaia (tearful; causing tears) · fi itkettävä (tearful; causing tears) · ru слезли́вый (tearful; causing tears) · fr lacrymal (tearful; causing tears) · ro lăcrimos (tearful; causing tears) · de ergreifend (tearful; causing tears) · bg плачещ (tearful; causing tears) · mi matawai (tearful; causing tears) · fi kyynelehtivä (tearful; causing tears) · de nahe gehend (tearful; causing tears) · it lacrimoso (tearful; causing tears) · tr ağlatan (tearful; causing tears) · ar بكّاء (tearful; causing tears) · sv gråtmild (tearful; causing tears) · bg сълзлив (tearful; causing tears) · es lacrimoso (tearful; causing tears) · sv sorglig (tearful; causing tears) · tr ağlamaklı (tearful; causing tears) · pl łzawy (tearful; causing tears) · fur lagrimôs (tearful; causing tears) · pl płaczliwy (tearful; causing tears)