lachrymose
/ˈlækrəˌmoʊs/
adjective
- 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.
- 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.