cryfest means something sad or moving, especially a film. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Etymology
From cry + -fest.
noun
- Something sad or moving, especially a film.“The Sin of Madelon Claudet was another hugely successful exemplar of the crime-and-punishment cryfests that shopgirls and housewives took to heart.”
- An episode of intense crying.“Knowing that I had but seconds left before my kid exploded into a full-blown cryfest and knowing that I absolutely had to have an article of clothing that could camouflage baby barf, I raced to the register with my sapling tucked under my arm.”