Sad story
Tearjerker and sad story are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tearjerker" instead a noun phrase "Sad story".
Tearjerker
Tearjerker noun - An excessively sentimental narrative.
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Synonyms for Tearjerker
Sad story and tearjerker are semantically related. You can use "Sad story" instead a noun "Tearjerker".
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Related pairs
- play and sad story
- play and tearjerker
- climax and sad story
- climax and tearjerker
- scene and sad story
- scene and tearjerker
- show and sad story
- show and tearjerker
- tragedy and sad story
- tragedy and tearjerker
- production and sad story
- production and tearjerker
- melodrama and sad story
- melodrama and tearjerker
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Tearjerker: In-Universe, as Imanishi breaks down and cries towards the end of recounting the sad story of Hideo and his father.
Source: Film / Castle of Sand
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Tearjerker and Sad story. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/sad_story/tearjerker
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Tearjerker or Sad story. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/sad_story/tearjerker.
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