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Definition of Crocodile tears
1. Noun. A hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping. "Politicians shed crocodile tears over the plight of the unemployed"
Definition of Crocodile tears
1. Noun. (plural of crocodile tear) ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) A display of tears that is forced or false. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Crocodile tears
1. See: crocodile tears syndrome. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crocodile Tears
Literary usage of Crocodile tears
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quizzism and Its Key: Quirks and Quibbles from Queer Quarters, a Melange of by Albert Plympton Southwick (1896)
"What are " crocodile tears " ? Hypocritical tears. The tale is, that crocodiles
moan and sigh, like a person in deep distress, to allure travellers to the ..."
2. Wife No. 19, Or the Story of a Life in Bondage: Being a Complete Exposé of by Ann Eliza Young (1875)
"The "White Flag of Peace." — Friends in the Distance. — A Cruel Deception.
— Mormon Fiends plan their Destruction. — John D. Lee's crocodile tears. ..."
3. Wife No. 19, Or the Story of a Life in Bondage by Ann Eliza Young, John Bartholomew Gough, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1876)
"John D. Lee's crocodile tears. — " Lay down your Arms, and Depart in Peace."
— A Horrible Suspicion. — The Massacre. — The Scene of Blood. ..."
4. Wife No. 19, Or the Story of a Life in Bondage: Being a Complete Exposé of by Ann Eliza Young (1875)
"John D. Lee's crocodile tears. — " Lay down your Arms, and Depart in Peace."
—A Horrible Suspicion. — The Massacre. — The Scene of Blood. ..."
5. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"The tears run down into the throat and mouth; so, after all, the story about
crocodile's tears is not without foundation, for the animal cries, ..."
6. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"The tears run down into the throat and mouth; so, after all, the >tory about
crocodile's tears is not without foundation, for the animal eries, ..."
7. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"The figure "crocodile tears " rests, it appears upon a real fact, ... This is
possibly not quite what was meant by the fable of the crocodile's tears, ..."
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