lachrymose
adjective
[ ˈlakrɪməʊs ]
• tearful or given to weeping.
• "she was pink-eyed and lachrymose"
Similar:
tearful,
weeping,
crying,
teary,
with tears in one's eyes,
close to tears,
on the verge of tears,
sobbing,
snivelling,
whimpering,
emotional,
sad,
mournful,
woeful,
unhappy,
depressed,
gloomy,
melancholy,
low-spirited,
despondent,
downcast,
low,
glum,
morose,
sorrowful,
joyless,
disconsolate,
doleful,
maudlin,
miserable,
forlorn,
grief-stricken,
lugubrious,
weepy,
blubbering,
down,
down in the mouth,
blue,
dolorous,
larmoyant,
Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘like tears; liable to exude in drops’): from Latin lacrimosus, from lacrima ‘tear’.
