Tearjerker

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tearjerker
       n : an excessively sentimental narrative

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "tearjerker":


     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