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lachrymose
What does lachrymose mean?
lachrymose (adjective): tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use lachrymose in a sentence?
- She was so lachrymose, she cried at commercials for long-distance phone companies. (Tatoeba sentence #12426366 by flomper, CC BY 2.0 FR)
Where does lachrymose come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin lachrymōsus, lacrimōsus, from lachryma, lacrima (“tear”) + -osus (“-ful”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of lachrymose?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “lachrymose” mean?
tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying
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having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts
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without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious
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irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied
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Which word is closest in meaning to “lachrymose”?
elusive
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weeping
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dubious
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upfront
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