Thesaurus / tear jerking
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synonyms for tear jerking
- cloying
- gooey
- maudlin
- mushy
- sappy
- sloppy
- teary
- bathetic
- feeble
- gushing
- gushy
- histrionic
- histrionical
- lovey-dovey
- nauseating
- romantic
- schmaltzy
- sickening
- tear-jerking
- maudlin
- sentimental
- sugary
- syrupy
- weepy
- wet
- bathetic
- effusive
- emotional
- lovey-dovey
- mawkish
- saccharine
- schmaltzy
- sloppy
- slushy
- soppy
- tear-jerking
- adventurous
- amorous
- charming
- colorful
- corny
- dreamy
- erotic
- exciting
- exotic
- fanciful
- fantastic
- fascinating
- glamorous
- maudlin
- mysterious
- nostalgic
- passionate
- tender
- utopian
- whimsical
- daring
- visionary
- wild
- bathetic
- chimerical
- chivalrous
- enchanting
- extravagant
- fairy-tale
- fond
- idyllic
- impractical
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- mushy
- picturesque
- poetic
- quixotic
- sloppy
- soppy
- starry-eyed
- syrupy
- tear-jerking
- unrealistic
- bad
- dark
- depressing
- dismal
- miserable
- moving
- pathetic
- pitiful
- poignant
- regrettable
- serious
- sorry
- tragic
- calamitous
- dejecting
- deplorable
- disastrous
- discomposing
- discouraging
- disheartening
- dispiriting
- dreary
- funereal
- grave
- grievous
- hapless
- heart-rending
- joyless
- lachrymose
- lamentable
- lugubrious
- melancholic
- oppressive
- pitiable
- saddening
- shabby
- tearful
- tear-jerking
- unsatisfactory
- upsetting
- wretched
- affectionate
- corny
- dreamy
- idealistic
- maudlin
- mushy
- nostalgic
- passionate
- saccharine
- sappy
- silly
- sweet
- tender
- touching
- weepy
- affected
- demonstrative
- dewy-eyed
- effusive
- gushing
- gushy
- histrionic
- histrionical
- impressionable
- inane
- insipid
- jejune
- languishing
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- moonstruck
- overacted
- overemotional
- pathetic
- rosewater
- schmaltzy
- simpering
- sloppy
- slushy
- soapy
- soft
- softhearted
- sugary
- syrupy
- tearful
- tear-jerking
- vapid
- visionary
- affecting
- distressing
- heartrending
- heart-wrenching
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- mournful
- painful
- plaintive
- sad
- sorry
- afflicted
- dejected
- depressed
- disconsolate
- doleful
- dolent
- full of sorrow
- grievous
- heartbroken
- heavy-hearted
- hurting
- in mourning
- in pain
- in sorrow
- lamentable
- miserable
- piteous
- rueful
- ruthful
- sick at heart
- singing the blues
- tearful
- tear-jerking
- unhappy
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
- heartbreaking
- pathetic
- poignant
- sad
- stirring
- stunning
- wistful
- compassionate
- melting
- tender
- emotive
- heart-rending
- impressive
- mind-blowing
- piteous
- pitiable
- pitiful
- responsive
- sympathetic
- tear-jerking
- 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
- silly
- simpering
- sloppy
- slushy
- soapy
- sobby
- soft
- softhearted
- soppy
- sugary
- sweet
- syrupy
- tearful
- tear-jerking
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
- 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
- soapy
- sobby
- soft
- softhearted
- soppy
- sugary
- sweet
- syrupy
- tearful
- tear-jerking
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
- 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
- soft
- softhearted
- soppy
- sugary
- sweet
- syrupy
- tearful
- tear-jerking
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
- 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
- sugary
- sweet
- syrupy
- tearful
- tear-jerking
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
- maudlin
- mushy
- syrupy
- affected
- affectionate
- bathetic
- corny
- demonstrative
- dewy-eyed
- dreamy
- effusive
- gushing
- gushy
- idealistic
- impressionable
- inane
- insipid
- jejune
- languishing
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- mawkish
- moonstruck
- nostalgic
- overacted
- overemotional
- passionate
- pathetic
- romantic
- rosewater
- saccharine
- sappy
- schmaltzy
- silly
- simpering
- sloppy
- slushy
- soapy
- sobby
- soft
- softhearted
- soppy
- sugary
- sweet
- tearful
- tear-jerking
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
- 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
- affecting
- exciting
- heated
- hysterical
- impassioned
- moving
- nervous
- passionate
- poignant
- sensitive
- sentimental
- spontaneous
- touching
- ardent
- disturbed
- ecstatic
- emotive
- enthusiastic
- excitable
- falling apart
- fanatical
- feeling
- fervent
- fervid
- fickle
- fiery
- heartwarming
- histrionic
- histrionical
- hot-blooded
- impetuous
- impulsive
- irrational
- overwrought
- pathetic
- responsive
- roused
- sentient
- stirred
- stirring
- susceptible
- tear-jerking
- temperamental
- tender
- thrilling
- warm
- zealous
- agonizing
- distressing
- excruciating
- harrowing
- heartbreaking
- heart-wrenching
- sad
- touching
- tragic
- doleful
- heartsickening
- moving
- piteous
- pitiful
- tear-jerking
On this page you'll find 705 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tear jerking, such as: mawkish, mushy, romantic, sentimental, syrupy, and weepy.
antonyms for tear jerking
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- boring
- cold
- cool
- dull
- familiar
- frigid
- indifferent
- ordinary
- plain
- real
- repulsive
- uncaring
- unenthusiastic
- unimaginative
- uninteresting
- unromantic
- usual
- pragmatic
- realistic
- advantageous
- blessed
- bright
- cheerful
- encouraging
- fortunate
- glad
- good
- happy
- hopeful
- joyful
- light
- lucky
- pleasant
- right
- worthwhile
- great
- cold
- cool
- hard
- mature
- serious
- uncaring
- unfeeling
- unromantic
- hard-hearted
- indifferent
- pragmatic
- unemotional
- unsentimental
- apathetic
- calm
- cool
- dull
- impassive
- indifferent
- numb
- unemotional
- unenthusiastic
- unexcited
- unexciting
- unmoving
- physical
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