English Explanatory Dictionary

lachrymose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

Pronunciation

/ˈlæk.ɹɪ.moʊs/ en-us-lachrymose.ogg

Word forms

lachrymose more lachrymose most lachrymose lacrimose

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lachrymōsus, lacrimōsus, from lachryma, lacrima (“tear”) + -osus (“-ful”), from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, cognate with English tear.

Synonyms

lachrymate miserable unhappy atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dejected depressed despondent disgruntled disconsolate disheartened dismal doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken grieving heavy-hearted heartsore heartsick inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen joyless lachrymose lamentful low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish melancholic melancholy moody mopey morose mournful passionate plaintive Plutonian

Related words

lachrymatory

Derived words

lachrymosely lachrymoseness lachrymosity unlachrymose
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