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lachrymose

3 antonyms for lachrymose — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Sad and inclined to cry, or connected in some way with crying.

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A learned borrowing from Latin lachrymōsus, lacrimōsus, formed from lachryma, lacrima (“tear”) and -osus (“-ful”). This in turn goes back to Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, and is cognate with English tear.

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