lachrymose

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Many of her discs were recorded with modern organ, and a few compound what already seems a Hollywood weirdness with a lachrymose male chorus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 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

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

Save for a belabored sprinkler drenching the well-manicured lawn that fades into a lightly wooded area, and some wry, lachrymose songs blasting from my car stereo.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2019

“What do all of these lachrymose cliches mean?”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole