Thesaurus / tear-jerking
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synonyms for 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
- schmaltzy
- silly
- simpering
- sloppy
- slushy
- soapy
- sobby
- soft
- softhearted
- soppy
- sugary
- sweet
- syrupy
- tearful
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
WORDS RELATED TO TEAR-JERKING
- affecting
- ardent
- disturbed
- ecstatic
- emotive
- enthusiastic
- excitable
- exciting
- falling apart
- fanatical
- feeling
- fervent
- fervid
- fickle
- fiery
- heartwarming
- heated
- histrionic
- histrionical
- hot-blooded
- hysterical
- impassioned
- impetuous
- impulsive
- irrational
- moving
- nervous
- overwrought
- passionate
- pathetic
- poignant
- responsive
- roused
- sensitive
- sentient
- sentimental
- spontaneous
- stirred
- stirring
- susceptible
- tear-jerking
- temperamental
- tender
- thrilling
- touching
- warm
- zealous
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.