"lachrymose" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlæk.ɹɪ.moʊs/ Audio: en-us-lachrymose.ogg [US] Forms: more lachrymose [comparative], most lachrymose [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lacrimōsus, from lacrima (“tear”) + -osus (“-ful”), from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, cognate with English tear. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|lacrimōsus}} Latin lacrimōsus, {{m|la|lacrima||tear}} lacrima (“tear”), {{m|la|-osus||-ful}} -osus (“-ful”), {{der|en|itc-ola|dacrima}} Old Latin dacrima, {{der|en|ine-pro|*dakru-}} Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, {{cog|en|tear}} English tear Head templates: {{en-adj}} lachrymose (comparative more lachrymose, superlative most lachrymose)
  1. Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying. Derived forms: lachrymatory, lachrymosely, lachrymosity, unlachrymose Translations (tearful; causing tears): بكّاء [masculine] (Arabic), сълзлив (sǎlzliv) (Bulgarian), плачещ (plačešt) (Bulgarian), 催泪的 (cuīlèide) (Chinese Mandarin), aangrijpend (Dutch), treurig (Dutch), intriest (Dutch), itkuinen (Finnish), kyynelehtivä (english: tearful) (Finnish), itkettävä (english: causing tears) (Finnish), lacrymal (French), lagrimôs (Friulian), ergreifend (German), traurig (German), nahe gehend (German), lacrimoso (Italian), matawai (Maori), matawaia (Maori), łzawy (Polish), płaczliwy (Polish), lacrimoso (Portuguese), lăcrimos (Romanian), плакси́вый (plaksívyj) (Russian), слезли́вый (slezlívyj) (Russian), lacrimoso (Spanish), lacrimógeno (Spanish), tårfylld (Swedish), gråtmild (Swedish), sorglig (Swedish), ağlamaklı (english: tearful) (Turkish), ağlatan (english: causing tears) (Turkish), dagreuol (Welsh), wylofus (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-lachrymose-en-adj-FNNLyKYh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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          "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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          "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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          "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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          "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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          "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "roman": "cuīlèide",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
      "word": "treurig"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
      "word": "traurig"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
      "word": "nahe gehend"
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
      "word": "lacrimoso"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
      "word": "matawai"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
      "word": "matawaia"
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "plaksívyj",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
      "word": "lacrimoso"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
      "word": "tårfylld"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
      "word": "gråtmild"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
      "word": "sorglig"
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      "code": "tr",
      "english": "tearful",
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
      "word": "ağlamaklı"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "english": "causing tears",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
      "word": "ağlatan"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
      "word": "dagreuol"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "tearful; causing tears",
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