cryableadj.
/ˈkrʌɪəb(ə)l/ That may be cried or wept over.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective] > causing weeping
lachrymable1490
tearful?1611
lachrymental1624
lachrymatory1770
lachrymose1813
eyewatering1880
cryable1897
weepy1936
1897 Daily News 22 Mar. 9/4 Tragedy means a cryable play.
1908 S. E. White Riverman xxi. 188 What laughable and cryable mistakes she made only those who have encountered a like situation could realize.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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