Latvian

Adjective

raudulīgs (def. raudulīgais, comp. raudulīgāks, sup. visraudulīgākais; adv. raudulīgi)

1. (typically of children) tearful (who cries often)

   raudulīgs bērns‎ ― tearful child, crybaby

   ja bērns dažreiz ir raudulīgs, nemierīgs, tad tam ir kādi iemesli: augošs zobs, slims vēderiņš‎ ― if a child is sometimes tearful, restless, then there is a cause for that: a growing tooth, a sick tummy

2. tearful (who cries too often, typically without a good reason; overly sensitive)

   Jaņukam nepatīk raudulīgas meitenes‎ ― Jaņuks doesn't like tearful girls

   slimnieki bieži kļūst raudulīgi, viegli uzbudināmi un nervozi‎ ― patients often become tearful, easily excitable and nervous

3. (of speech, voice) tearful (in which crying can be heard or felt)

   runāt raudulīgā balsī‎ ― to speak in a tearful voice

4. tearful (who complains all the time; expressing such frequent complaining)

   viņa apaļā seja bez vaibsta, bez dzīvības; no brūnajām acīm nekad neizzūd raudulīgais skatiens‎ ― his round face without features, without life; from (his) brown eyes the tearful, complaining look never disappeared

   sāka pienākt viņa vēstules, pilnas baiļu par savu nākotni: raudulīgas; izmisīgas‎ ― his letters began to arrive, full of pain about his future; tearful; desperate

5. tearful, lachrymose (which inspires sorrow, grief; also mushy, sentimental)

   raudulīgi dzejas panti‎ ― lachrymose poetry verses

   mūsu laikmetu gan dēvē par pesimisma laikmetu, bet mūsu pesimisms nav vairs salkans, raudulīgs un neizskan vairs elēģiskās sērās par pagātni‎ ― our era is called an era of pessimism, but our pessimism is no longer mushy, lachrymose and no longer reverberates in elegiac mourning about the past

Declension

Derived terms

• raudulīgums

Related terms

• raudas, raudāt
• raudiens
• raudulība
• raudulis, raudule