lachrymose is used as a word related to display of emotions. what is the meaning of lachrymose?
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Lunatic: After his wife death he became lunatic
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mournful : The death of Rajesh Khanna at the climax of his movies used to make the viewer mournful.
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Cathartic: When i am down, i listen cathartic sermon of bible.
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Tawdry : She tried to look hot, but her attempt made her look more tawdrily than ever.
Lachrymose means tearful or mournful, inclined to shed tears or showing sorrow. The correct option demonstrates this meaning with the example of a mournful reaction to Rajesh Khanna's death scenes.
'Lachrymose' means tearful or mournful — inclined to weep or expressing sorrow, from the Latin 'lacrima' (tear). The correct option pairs it with 'mournful,' illustrated by the example of viewers weeping at the emotional climax of a Rajesh Khanna film — a fitting demonstration of tearful, sorrowful reaction. 'Lunatic' relates to madness, not sorrow; 'cathartic' refers to emotional release or purging (which can follow sadness but isn't itself sadness); and 'tawdry' means cheap, gaudy, or showy in bad taste — none of these capture the tearful/mournful sense of lachrymose.