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tearjerker
tear·jerk·er T0074700 (tîr′jûr′kər)n. Informal A highly sentimental story, drama, or performance, often intended to arouse heartache or sympathy.
tear′-jerk′ing adj.tear•jerk•er (ˈtɪərˌdʒɜr kər)
n. Informal. a sentimental story, play, movie, or the like, designed to elicit tears. [1930–35] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | tearjerker - an excessively sentimental narrativenarration, narrative, story, tale - a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" |
tearjerker
tearjerkerSomething, especially a work such as book or film, that evokes such a strong emotional reaction that it literally makes one cry. Sometimes hyphenated as "tear-jerker." The book tells the story of a boy searching for his real family, and it's a tearjerker from start to finish. I don't normally cry at movies, but that ending was a tear-jerker! Her graduation speech was a real tearjerker.tear-jerker (ˈtɪrdʒɚkɚ) n. a very sad story or film. I don’t care to read a steady diet of tear-jerkers. tearjerker
Words related to tearjerkernoun an excessively sentimental narrativeRelated Words- narration
- narrative
- story
- tale
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