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Meanings of lachrymose in English

Showing sorrow.

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        1
        Many men in their cups become lachrymose, others silly, and some combative.
        Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew
        2
        He rose to his feet and went on with his lachrymose philippic.
        We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
        3
        An ill-tempered letter is as great a mistake as a lachrymose one.
        Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society / A condensed but t...
        4
        Three lachrymose letters had elicited no response; he wrote once more, and thus:
        The Town Traveller
        5
        Trench name for the German lachrymose chemical shell which makes the eyes smart.
        "Over the Top," by an American Soldier Who Went / Together with ...
        6
        It's the same shameless framing device that helped make Titanicsimultaneously nauseating and lachrymose.
        The Irish Times
        7
        Some are merry, others are quarrelsome, some are moody and lachrymose.
        London's Underworld
        8
        She is dignified, lean, lachrymose; she only needs Lady Dudley's turban!
        The Muse of the Department
        9
        But lachrymose apologies are neither the French nor Hollande's way.
        The Guardian
        10
        The general made a lachrymose face, and waved his hand.
        Love and Other Stories
        11
        This he said in a tone that was almost lachrymose.
        The Prime Minister
        12
        Never was good fortune hailed in a more lachrymose fashion.
        Olive: A Novel
        13
        He stammered and grew lachrymose and his colourless eyes seemed bulging from his head.
        The Child of Pleasure
        14
        Over this money we had a long and lachrymose interview.
        Sylvia's Marriage: A Novel
        15
        He was by turns devout and obscene, merry and lachrymose.
        Of Human Bondage
        16
        Trevelyan was lachrymose, heartbroken, and a sight pitiable to behold.
        He Knew He Was Right
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