Definition of Lachrymose

easily brought to tears

Examples of Lachrymose in a sentence

After her husband died, my aunt became a lachrymose woman who couldn’t stop crying.  🔊

I do not enjoy watching sad movies with my lachrymose wife because she is way too sensitive.  🔊

When I watch television shows about people dying from cancer, I become very lachrymose.  🔊

The pictures of the dead children made everyone lachrymose and sad.  🔊

At the end of the musical, the separated couple came together in a lachrymose music number.  🔊

I rarely cry so you should definitely not be calling me lachrymose!  🔊

As James watched his daughter marry the man of her dreams, he became lachrymose and had to hold in his tears.  🔊

The funeral home was filled with lachrymose mourners.  🔊

After my sister lost the writing contest, she was lachrymose and in need of a hug.  🔊

Mary became lachrymose as she watched her only son drive away to college.  🔊

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