'Lachrymose' definitions:
Definition of 'lachrymose'
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Definition of 'Lachrymose'
From: GCIDE
- Lachrymose \Lach"ry*mose`\, a. [L. lacrymosus, better lacrimosus, fr. lacrima, lacruma (also badly spelt lachryma) a tear, for older dacrima, akin to E. tear. See Tear the secretion.] Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful. [1913 Webster]
- You should have seen his lachrymose visnomy. --Lamb. -- {Lach"ry*mose`ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lachrymose'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- blubbering,
- crying,
- dissolved in tears,
- excretory,
- in tears,
- lachrymal,
- lacrimatory,
- lactational,
- lacteal,
- lacteous,
- ready to cry,
- rheumy,
- salivant,
- salivary,
- salivous,
- secretional,
- secretive,
- secretory,
- seminal,
- serous,
- sialagogic,
- sniveling,
- sobbing,
- spermatic,
- tearful,
- teary,
- watering,
- watery,
- weeping,
- weepy,
- whimpering,
- with eyes suffused