MORE RELATED WORDS FOR TEAR-JERKING
sorrowful
adjectivevery upset; grieving- affecting
- afflicted
- dejected
- depressed
- disconsolate
- distressing
- doleful
- dolent
- full of sorrow
- grievous
- heartbroken
- heartrending
- heavy-hearted
- hurting
- in mourning
- in pain
- in sorrow
- lamentable
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- miserable
- mournful
- painful
- piteous
- plaintive
- rueful
- ruthful
- sad
- sick at heart
- singing the blues
- sorry
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- unhappy
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
soupy
adjectivesentimental- 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
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
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