lachrymose

lach·ry·mose

adjective \-ˌmōs\

Definition of LACHRYMOSE

1

: given to tears or weeping : tearful

2

: tending to cause tears : mournful

— lach·ry·mose·ly adverb

— lach·ry·mos·i·ty \ˌla-krə-ˈmä-sə-tē\ noun

Examples of LACHRYMOSE

1. a drama with a lachrymose hero
2. <the more lachrymose mourners at the funeral required a steady supply of tissues>

Origin of LACHRYMOSE

Latin lacrimosus, from lacrima

First Known Use: circa 1727

Related to LACHRYMOSE

Synonyms

tearful, teary, weepy

Related Words

demonstrative, effusive, emotional; maudlin, mawkish, sentimental; bawling, blubbering, crying, keening, sniffling, sniveling, sobbing, wailing, weeping, whimpering; misty, misty-eyed, moist; bemoaning, bewailing; doleful, dolorous, grieving, mournful, plaintive; funereal, gloomy, lugubrious; brokenhearted, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, downcast, downhearted, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, inconsolable, miserable, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched

Near Antonyms

beaming, chuckling, giggling, grinning, laughing, smiling; blithe, blithesome, cheerful, cheery, gay, happy, jocose, jovial, lighthearted, lightsome, merry, mirthful, sunny

Rhymes with LACHRYMOSE

adios, adipose, bellicose, calvados, cellulose, comatose, diagnose, grandiose, granulose, Helios, megadose, otiose, overdose, racemose, Shabuoth, tuberose, varicose, ventricose