Synonyms of lachrymose

lachrymose

adjective

ˈla-krə-ˌmōs 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

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. — 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

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