English Explanatory Dictionary

unlachrymose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not lachrymose.
  2. Free from dejection and melancholy; not vexed or weighed down by circumstances.
  3. Tearless; not given to crying.
  4. Unsentimental.
  5. Unamenable to appeals of emotion.
  6. Not schmaltzy; expressed without gratuitous sorrow.
  7. Unmournful; free from lamentation.

Pronunciation

ənlăkʹrĭmōs /ənˈlækɹɪməʊs/

Word forms

unlachrymose

Etymology

From un- + lachrymose.

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