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lacrimoso — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lachrymose adj Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
  • pathetic adj Arousing pity or sadness.
  • tearful adj Crying, or on the verge of crying.
  • teary adj Having eyes filled with tears, or inclined to cry.

Senses

lacrimoso is used for these senses in English:

  • lachrymose Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
  • tearful Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.
  • tearjerker (informal) An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending, so termed because it suggests one is likely to cry during its performance.
  • teary Of eyes, filled with tears.

pathetic — full definition

  1. adj Arousing pity or sadness.
  2. adj So inadequate or feeble as to be contemptible.

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