lachrymose
4 synonyms and 3 antonyms for lachrymose, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Sad and inclined to cry, or connected in some way with crying.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Antonyms
Etymology
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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