noun
a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy
• Syn: ↑sob story
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noun : a sob story or other material designed to make a sentimental or strongly emotional appeal
the fineness and restraint of feeling that differentiate it from the coarsely and slushily sentimental child literature, the vulgar sob stuff — Nation
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sob stuff noun
1. Cheap and extravagant pathos, to stir tears
2. Maudlin or highly sentimental stories, films or scenes
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Main Entry: ↑sob
Useful english dictionary. 2012.