adjective · rare

lachrymose

lach·ry·mose

lachrymose · more lachrymose · most lachrymose

плаксивый, слезливый

ergreifend, traurig, nahe gehend

Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or cryingTearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

UK/ˈlækrɪˌməʊz/US/ˈlækrəˌmoʊs/

» She was so lachrymose, she cried at commercials for long-distance phone companies.

Meaning

1 senses

Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
ergreifend, traurig, nahe gehend
плакси́выйplaksívyj, слезли́выйslezlívyj

More definitions

showing sorrow

Examples

1 sentences

She was so lachrymose, she cried at commercials for long-distance phone companies.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

tearful; causing tears:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

tearful; causing tears:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin lachrymōsus, lacrimōsus, from lachryma, lacrima (“tear”) + -o

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.

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