Pitiful and Tearjerker

Pitiful

Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).

Tearjerker and pitiful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tearjerker" instead an adjective "Pitiful".

Nearby Words: pity, pitiless, pitiable, piteous, pitifully

Tearjerker

Tearjerker noun - An excessively sentimental narrative.
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Synonyms for Tearjerker

Pitiful and tearjerker are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Tearjerker".

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