lachrymose

/ˈlækrɪmoʊs/

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Type

Adjective

  • Formal

Meaning

  1. Tending to weep easily or characterized by a tearful and mournful mood.

    • She grew increasingly lachrymose while watching the tragic ending of the movie.

  2. Tending to make people cry; sad and sentimental.

    • The novel's lachrymose climax struck many modern reviewers as unearned sentimentality.

How it's used

Chiefly literary or formal, describing people prone to weeping or works that induce tearful sentimentality.

Collocations

  • lachrymose mood
  • lachrymose display
  • lachrymose tone
  • lachrymose ballad

Synonyms

  • tearful
  • weepy
  • mournful
  • doleful
  • sentimental

Antonyms