lachrymous
lachrymous is the alternative form of lachrymose.
Meaning of lachrymose
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
Forms of lachrymous
| comparative | more lachrymous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lachrymous |
Questions about lachrymous
- What is lachrymous the alternative form of?
- Lachrymous is the alternative form of lachrymose.
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