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Meanings of lachrymose in inglês

Showing sorrow.

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Usage of lachrymose in inglês
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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