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tear-jerking
adjective as in sentimental
Weak matches
- affected
- affectionate
- bathetic
- corny
- demonstrative
- dewy-eyed
- dreamy
- effusive
- gushing
- gushy
- idealistic
- impressionable
- inane
- insipid
- jejune
- languishing
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- maudlin
- mawkish
- moonstruck
- mushy
- nostalgic
- overacted
- overemotional
- passionate
- pathetic
- romantic
- rosewater
- saccharine
- sappy
- schmaltzy
- silly
- simpering
- sloppy
- slushy
- soapy
- sobby
- soft
- softhearted
- soppy
- sugary
- sweet
- syrupy
- tearful
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
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Example Sentences
Adam tearfully watching is the misty-eyed cherry on this satisfyingly tear-jerking sundae.
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On this page you'll find 705 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tear jerking, such as: mawkish, mushy, romantic, sentimental, syrupy, and weepy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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