lachrymatory

1. 1.

   relating to or prompting tears

   Synonymslacrimatory

Questions about lachrymatory

What does lachrymatory mean?

lachrymatory means "relating to or prompting tears".

How many syllables are in lachrymatory?

lachrymatory has 5 syllables and divides as lach-ry-ma-to-ry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lachrymatory?

Close synonyms include lacrimatory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lachrymatory a common word?

lachrymatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.