lachrymose

/ˈlækrəˌmoʊs/
adjective
  1. Tearful or tending to cry easily; sad and mournful.
    • The lachrymose child wiped her eyes after dropping her ice cream.
    • The movie's ending was so lachrymose that half the audience was sobbing.
    • His lachrymose speech at the memorial moved everyone to tears.
  2. Causing or expressing sadness; mournful in tone or mood.
    • The novel's lachrymose atmosphere made it hard to read without feeling heavy-hearted.
    • The lachrymose melody of the violin filled the room with sorrow.
    • She wrote a lachrymose poem about the loss of her childhood home.
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