as in emotional
given to expressing strong emotion (as sorrow) by readily shedding tears
the more lachrymose mourners at the funeral required a steady supply of tissues
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Recent Examples of lachrymose
Also admirable are other craft elements, notably the camera movement in two interior rotundas to capture the characters spiraling; the lighting of somber dough making scenes; and the use of songs of faith towards solemn worldbuilding, like when the Sisters cut the hair of lachrymose inductees.
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Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
27 Aug. 2025
Several days after this lachrymose dinner, a carnival-level event delighted Angelenos of either political persuasion.
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Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2024
Puccini later inserted a different, more lachrymose text, one that forecasts her suicide.
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Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2023
However, Christian Nodal’s intoxicating voice soars high; and his latest EP, México en Mi Voz, is a lachrymose affair.
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Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
15 Sep. 2023
And all of this is somehow glommed on to the lachrymose story of a grieving parent and a dying world.
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Ron Charles,
Washington Post,
25 Apr. 2023
As journey’s end approaches, lachrymose thoughts return.
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Robin Swithinbank,
Robb Report,
16 Apr. 2023
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
27 Aug. 2025
Several days after this lachrymose dinner, a carnival-level event delighted Angelenos of either political persuasion.
—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2024
Puccini later inserted a different, more lachrymose text, one that forecasts her suicide.
—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2023
However, Christian Nodal’s intoxicating voice soars high; and his latest EP, México en Mi Voz, is a lachrymose affair.
—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
15 Sep. 2023
And all of this is somehow glommed on to the lachrymose story of a grieving parent and a dying world.
—
Ron Charles,
Washington Post,
25 Apr. 2023
As journey’s end approaches, lachrymose thoughts return.
—
Robin Swithinbank,
Robb Report,
16 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lachrymose
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Contreras, meanwhile, entered Tuesday's game after an emotional stretch.
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Humanitarian workers say the emotional toll is becoming increasingly visible inside temporary shelters.
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Maria Avila offered tearful recollections of the traumatic incident and her less-than-full recovery on the stand last week, speaking in Spanish with an interpreter.
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The mother of a Loyola University freshman who was shot and killed in March delivered tearful testimony on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
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Sure, one of your favorite actors is going to turn out to be a Bad Man™️, and yeah, there’s a lot of weepy talk about dead kids.
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The Mouse House also seems dead set on retconning all of its best villains, with recent movies giving weepy sob stories to Cruella de Vil, Maleficent and Scar to explain away their cruelty.
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Lizzo, 38, got the chance to meet Hill, 51, at the ceremony and spoke to Entertainment Tonight about the moment through teary eyes in a backstage interview.
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Kevin Biron-Bomis, 54, became teary after about 90 minutes of testimony, describing a night of holiday cheer that ended with the death of his brother Brandon.
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At its deepest level, this work is fueled by unconditional love—not sentimental or passive love but love as discipline, courage and commitment.
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The Freakier Friday star also reflected on turning 40 in a sentimental Instagram post.
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Day broke, bathing everything in light, and so great was the vitality of the early-morning sun that even the unhappy city seemed to smile a wan, sad smile.
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But SpringHill really took off in 2020, two seasons into James’ Lakers term, when The SpringHill Company went public (and the Lakers won the sad COVID-bubble NBA Championship).
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“Lachrymose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lachrymose. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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