Adjectives For Sadness

noun a person who is given to weeping or tears

adjective tearful or given to weeping; showing sorrow

• The funeral was a lachrymose event, with many mourners shedding tears.
• She always gets lachrymose during sad movies, even though she knows they're not real.
• I can't handle all this lachrymose stuff, it's making me emotional.
• His lachrymose speech moved the audience to tears.

adverb modifying or describing how something is done in a plaintive manner

• The singer's voice rang out plaintively, expressing the deep emotions of the song.
• She looked at him plaintively, hoping he would change his mind.
• He whined plaintively about having to do his homework on a Friday night.
• The old house groaned plaintively in the wind, as if longing for its former glory.