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Recent Examples of lachrymose Several days after this lachrymose dinner, a carnival-level event delighted Angelenos of either political persuasion. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024 Puccini later inserted a different, more lachrymose text, one that forecasts her suicide. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023 However, Christian Nodal’s intoxicating voice soars high; and his latest EP, México en Mi Voz, is a lachrymose affair. Leila Cobo, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2023 More often, though, the constant backdrop of mortality gives a lachrymose tinge to each of the characters’ intermittent outbursts. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023 And all of this is somehow glommed on to the lachrymose story of a grieving parent and a dying world. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023 As journey’s end approaches, lachrymose thoughts return. Robin Swithinbank, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lachrymose
Adjective
  • Her emotional response and (to be fair, unethical) choice to threaten the guy suggest to the viewer that Dr. Santos herself experienced a similar kind of trauma as a child.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
  • For Liv in particular, their idea of what that final ride on the plane was going to be was an emotional one.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • After a tearful goodbye to his wife Athena (Angela Bassett), Bobby gets down on his knees and prays before collapsing onto the table.
    Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • His gamble has since paid off with regular radio play, loud sing-alongs at shows and tearful fans at meet-and-greets who share how the song has touched them.
    Nancy Kruh, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Adjective
  • Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro’s weepy cloning love-triangle story turned out to be apt source material for his friend Garland to adapt.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
  • There’s nothing like hearing a unified gasp at a horror movie or seeing others wiping their eyes after a weepy drama.
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • At a panel following a finale watch party here, Wood was teary, taking sips of water.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The coughing fits and teary eyes that come with that moment are why smokeless fire pits have shot to the top of so many wish lists in recent years.
    Clint Davis, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Strahovski and her family said their goodbyes to the city in a sentimental post in February 2025.
    Emy LaCroix, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The British monarch and his longtime partner, who celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, marked the sentimental milestone on Monday with a pair of portraits shared on social media.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet, whatever the deal means for Paul, Weiss, its acquiescence to Trump marks a sad day for the legal profession—or what once was a profession, and is now just another business.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Kwong grew up hearing stories of every kind about Manzanar—scary, sad, funny and infuriating.
    Rachel Ng, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Lachrymose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lachrymose. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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