yapmacık üzüntü

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Definition of yapmacık üzüntü in Turkish English dictionary

(deyim) crocodile tears

A display of tears that is forced or false

And in all her letters since, she had spoken of her aunt as a silly, vain, worldly woman, weeping crocodile tears, for an old husband whose death had released her from the tedium of his company.

plural form of crocodile tear

If someone is crying crocodile tears, their tears and sadness are not genuine or sincere. The sight of George shedding crocodile tears made me sick. An insincere display of grief; false tears

tears which are not sincere, hypocritical show of emotion, false tears

a hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping; "the secretaries wept crocodile tears over the manager's dilemma"; "politicians shed crocodile tears over the plight of the unemployed

Hyphenation

yap·ma·cık ü·zün·tü