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comparative more lachrymose, superlative most lachrymose
Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying. quotations examples
It is true that Limeans were given to interpolating trivial songs into the most exquisite comedies and some lachrymose effects into the austerest music; but at least they never submitted to the boredom of a misplaced veneration.
1927, Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, page 69