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Meanings of lachrymose in English

Showing sorrow.

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Examples for "weeping"
Examples for "weeping"
1
Tens of thousands of weeping family members are gathered at the site.
BBC
2
Describes weeping refugees being flown to safety in Trier, Germany... View Article
The new yorker
3
In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
4
Very handsome; leaves silvery white beneath; among others is a weeping variety.
Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the ...
5
I pictured them in four separate heaps in the snow, all weeping.
A Woman Tenderfoot
1
In a tearful address to delegates, he pleaded: 'The hour is late.
The Guardian
2
No; there was in her some emotion very different from the tearful.
Saint's Progress
3
There is an expression of misery and terror in her tearful eyes.
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
4
Lilian kissed them both; and Thecla said, in a tearful, frightened whisper.
An Old Meerschaum / From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume...
5
Back in central Havana, we said tearful farewells in the hotel lobby.
The Guardian
1
He was returning to a flat in the dolorous edifice of civilisation.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
2
The rest of the house presented an equally dolorous and forsaken appearance.
The House of the Whispering Pines
3
The dolorous music of the band filled her with a gentle ecstasy.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
4
At this Pierre could not refrain from a dolorous and vivacious interruption.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 4
5
Then she gazed out before her, with a feeling of dolorous surprise.
The Fortune of the Rougons
1
"Aye," said the king, "it is a dolourous topic-very painful!
The Helmet of Navarre
Usage of lachrymose in English
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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