lachrymose

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lachrymose /ˈlakrɪməʊs, -z/

▶adjective

• 1 tearful.

• 2 inducing tears; sad.

– derivatives
lachrymosely adverb,
lachrymosity noun.

– origin C17 (in the sense ‘like tears’): from L. lacrimosus, from lacrima ‘tear’.