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tear-jerker

NOUN
drama
Synonyms
STRONGEST
comedy farce melodrama play production scene show theater tragedy
STRONG
Broadway boards climax dramatization dramaturgy footlights showmanship stagecraft theatricals vehicle
WEAK
dramatic art histrionic art show business stage show thespian art
Antonyms
STRONGEST
tragedy
WEAK
comedy
NOUN
mush
Synonyms
STRONG
affectation gush mawkishness romanticism schmaltz sentimentalism superficiality
WEAK
maudlinism
NOUN
nostalgia
Synonyms
STRONGEST
longing remorse sentimentality wistfulness yearning
STRONG
homesickness pining reminiscence schmaltz
WEAK
fond memories hearts and flowers
NOUN
romance
Synonyms
STRONG
ballad fantasy fiction idealization idyll legend lyric melodrama novel story tale
WEAK
fairy tale love story
Antonyms
STRONG
nonfiction truth

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The Fault in Our Stars is an adaptation of John Green’s best-selling young adult tear jerker novel of the same name.

From Time • Jun. 3, 2014

As it emerges from its previous tellings, The Shopworn Angel is still a tear jerker in the grand manner�simple, senile and heroically sentimental.

From Time Magazine Archive

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