cryable

Likely to cause a person to cry.

Adjective

  1. Likely to cause a person to cry.
    • […] I always dread their annual visit to the castle. Lady Brab's affectations are so laughable, and his bitterness so truly cryable! - 1844, Catherine Grace Frances Gore, The Popular Member, the Wheel of Fortune, etc,...
    • […] it is rather more laughable than cryable. The die is cast, abide the hazard manfully. - 1890, Railway Conductors' Monthly, volume 7, page 697:
    • "Hey, how come whenever sir Andres brought someone here, they cry? Is our food 'cryable'?" the cook asked with a frown. - 2021, Ruby Rose Pakinkin, Time Sees, page 57:

Origin

cry + -able

Forms

more cryable most cryable