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lachrymose

[lak-ruh-mohs] / ˈlæk rəˌmoʊs /
ADJECTIVE
crying
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“Toy Story 5” doesn’t overdo its lachrymose side; it’s at least half a breezy comedy, albeit one tinged with worry.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Chappell is actually the alter-ego of the much quieter and self-effacing Kayleigh Amstuzt, whose fragile heart is exposed on lachrymose ballads like Kaleidoscope and California.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2024

And all of this is somehow glommed on to the lachrymose story of a grieving parent and a dying world.

From Washington Post Apr. 25, 2023

In 1912, Edith Maida Lessing wrote the lyrics to a lachrymose ballad about the sinking of the Titanic.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2022

Doc Daneeka demanded, lifting his delicate immaculate dark head up from his chest to gaze at Yossarian irascibly for a moment with lachrymose eyes.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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