Tearjerkers are emotional stories or films that evoke strong feelings of sadness and sorrow. The crossword solutions for the term tearjerkers are ONIONS (6 letters), SADTALES (8 letters) and SOBSTORIES (10 letters). Onions are a type of vegetable that can make people cry when they are cut, symbolizing the tears associated with tearjerkers. Sadtales and sobstories are both terms used to describe stories that evoke strong emotions of sadness.