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lach·ry·mose [ˈlækrɪməʊs] ADJ form liter

1. lachrymose (tearful):

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lachrymose

2. lachrymose (inducing melancholy):

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lachrymose

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
This voice has a very smooth, sensitive and at times lachrymose quality.
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Sometimes you got the impression people were striving to outdo each other in their lachrymose effusions of sympathy and emotional despair.
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Perhaps the players felt when they broke from their huddle at the end of the semi-final that this lachrymose storyline would stand up for a minute longer.
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Of course, given its subject matter, a film such as this was always likely to teeter between feel-good drama and lachrymose sentimentality.
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He described the film, however, as a sad and limp romance, which is trite, slightly lachrymose and largely unedifying.
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Should the narrative pitch be grave, momentous, huskily lachrymose, perhaps, or even grandly epic?
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Their equestrian ballet in a hushed, imperial setting -- combined with a fading hangover -- is making me feel quite lachrymose.
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The patriotic fervour we relish for the lachrymose joy and sense of unity it delivers is its light side.
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My own lachrymose moment came later in the day.
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The lachrymose strings merely exacerbate the mood of morbid self-pity that shrouds the performance.
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