| Main Entry: | lachrymose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crying |
Synonyms: |
sad, tearful, teary, weeping, weepy |
| Main Entry: | maudlin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | teary, overemotional |
Synonyms: |
bathetic, befuddled, confused, cornball, drippy, gushing, insipid, lachrymose, mawkish, mushy, romantic, schmaltzy, sentimental, slush, soap, soapy, soppy, syrupy, tear-jerking, tearful, weak, weepy |
Antonyms: |
calm, matter-of-fact, unimaginative |
| Main Entry: | melancholy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, sad |
Synonyms: |
blue*, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, dolorous, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, down*, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, dragged, droopy, funereal, gloomy, glum, grim, heavyhearted, in blue funk, joyless, lachrymose, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, mirthless, miserable, moody, moony, mournful, pensive, saddened, saddening, somber, sorrowful, sorry*, torn up, trite, unhappy, wet blanket, wistful, woebegone, woeful |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, happy, joyful |
| Main Entry: | sad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfortunate, distressing |
Synonyms: |
bad, calamitous, dark, dejecting, deplorable, depressing, disastrous, discomposing, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, dreary, funereal, grave, grievous, hapless, heart-rending, joyless, lachrymose, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholic, miserable, moving, oppressive, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, regrettable, saddening, serious, shabby, sorry, tear-jerking, tearful, tragic, unhappy, unsatisfactory, upsetting, wretched |
Antonyms: |
fortunate, great, happy, lucky |
| Main Entry: | tearful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crying, very upset |
Synonyms: |
bawling, blubbering, blubbery, distressed, dolorous, in tears, lachrymose, lamentable, lamenting, moist, mournful, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, sad, sniveling, sobbing, sorrowful, teary, watery, weeping, weepy, wet, whimpering, woeful |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, happy |
| Main Entry: | weepy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crying |
Synonyms: |
blubbering, howling, lachrymose, sobbing, tearful, teary, teary-eyed, wailing, weeping |
| Main Entry: | teary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tearful |
Synonyms: |
bawling, blubbering, blubbery, distressed, dolorous, in tears, lachrymose, lamentable, lamenting, moist, mournful, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, sad, sniveling, sobbing, sorrowful, watery, weeping, weepy, wet, whimpering, woeful |