lachrymose
Syllables: lach·ry·mose/ˈlæk.ɹɪ.moʊs/UK/ˈlækrɪˌməʊz/
lachrymose adjective: tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
Adjective
lachrymose (comparative more lachrymose, superlative most lachrymose)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- lachrymate, miserable, unhappy, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen
lachrymose meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic
lachrymose in Malayalam
- crying, tearful, weeping
- രോദനശീലമായ, ശോകശീലമായ, കൂടെക്കൂടെ കണ്ണീർ പൊഴിക്കുന്ന, ചെറിയ കാര്യങ്ങൾക്കു പോലും കരയുന്ന, രവണ, നിലവിളിക്കുന്ന
- sad, tragic, poignant
- ശോകാത്മകമായ, ശോകാന്തമായ, ദുരന്ത, വ്യഥക, വ്യഥാകര, കരയിക്കുന്ന
lachrymose in Kannada
- ಕಣ್ಣೀರು ತುಂಬಿದ, ಅಶ್ರುಪೂರ್ಣ, ಅಳುವ, ಅಳುಬುರುಕ, ಅೞುಕುಳಿ
lachrymose in Arabic
- tearful; causing tears
- بكّاء
Synonyms of lachrymose
- lachrymate
- miserable
- unhappy
- atrabiliary
- atrabilious
- blitheless
- dispirited
- blue
- bummed out
- chapfallen
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Forms of lachrymose
| comparative | more lachrymose |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lachrymose |
| alternative form | lacrimose |
Origin of lachrymose
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.
Words formed from lachrymose
Questions about lachrymose
- What does lachrymose mean?
- Lachrymose means tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
- What is lachrymose in Malayalam?
- Lachrymose in Malayalam is രോദനശീലമായ, ശോകശീലമായ, കൂടെക്കൂടെ കണ്ണീർ പൊഴിക്കുന്ന. See Lachrymose meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is lachrymose?
- Lachrymose is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce lachrymose?
- Lachrymose is pronounced /ˈlæk.ɹɪ.moʊs/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lachrymose (page history and authors); lachrymose (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); lachrymose (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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