'tearjerker' definitions:
Definition of 'tearjerker'
(from WordNet)
noun
An excessively sentimental narrative
Synonyms of 'tearjerker'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bathos,
- bleeding heart,
- cloyingness,
- goo,
- hearts-and-flowers,
- maudlinness,
- mawkishness,
- mush,
- mushiness,
- namby-pamby,
- namby-pambyism,
- namby-pambyness,
- nostalgia,
- nostomania,
- oversentimentalism,
- oversentimentality,
- romanticism,
- sentiment,
- sentimentalism,
- sentimentality,
- slop,
- sloppiness,
- slush,
- soap opera,
- sob story,
- sweetness and light