5
teary-eyed(adjective, sad, crying, tearful)
5
wistful(noun, adjective, sad, dark, sorrow)
5
woeful(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
4
bathetic(noun, adjective, emotional, sloppy, syrupy)
4
cloying(noun, emotional, sloppy, sentimental, soppy)
4
emotional(adjective, sad, sloppy, sentimental, soppy)
4
gooey(noun, emotional, sloppy, sentimental, soppy)
4
gushing(noun, adjective, emotional, sloppy, syrupy)
4
homesick
4
in tears(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, happy)
4
lamentable(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
4
oversentimental
4
sappy(noun, emotional, sloppy, sentimental, soppy)
4
sloppy(noun, emotional, sentimental, soppy)
4
sobbing(adjective, upset, sad, pathetic, watery)
4
tear-jerking(noun, adjective, emotional, sloppy, syrupy)
4
wet(adjective, moist, upset, sad, pathetic)
3
beery
3
blubbering(adjective, upset, sad, pathetic, watery)
3
comfortless(adjective, sad, dark, sorrow, depression)
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