lachrymose
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lachrymose
- /ˈlæk.ɹɪ.moʊs/
- /ˈlækrɪˌməʊz/ UK
- /ˈlækrɪˌməʊs/ UK
- /ˈlækrəˌmoʊs/ US
Where it comes from
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.
adjective more lachrymose · most lachrymose · lacrimose
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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.
Similar: lachrymate, miserable, unhappy, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen
Translations
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adj tearful; causing tears
| Español | lacrimoso, lacrimógeno |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 催泪的 cuīlèide |
| Português | lacrimoso |
| Français | lacrymal |
| Deutsch | ergreifend, traurig, nahe gehend |
| Italiano | lacrimoso |
| Română | lăcrimos |
| Русский | плакси́вый plaksívyj, слезли́вый slezlívyj |
| العربية | بكّاء |
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title = {lachrymose},
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