Definition of tearjerker
: a story, song, play, film, or broadcast that moves or is intended to move its audience to tears
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Examples of tearjerker in a Sentence
I'm not in the mood to see a tearjerker. Let's watch something funny instead.
Recent Examples of tearjerker from the Web
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Grab the tissues—this one's going to be a tearjerker!
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This episode isn’t a tearjerker, and the show’s loyal watchers will appreciate the break from the tissue box.
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This piano ballad—which, playing in Jackson’s 1993 film Poetic Justice, earned an Oscar nomination for best original song in addition to hitting No. 1 on the Hot 100—is a total tearjerker.
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Clearly, Midnight Sun is bound to be a tearjerker in the vein of movies like The Notebook and The Last Song.
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Nothing akin to the schmaltzy tearjerkers that feel like an assault on the senses, Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight is a portrait almost too touching for words.
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The tragic story is one of the most enduring tearjerkers.
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Remember Me’ song was a tearjerker on the big screen and even more so in Alexander’s rendition.
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Another tearjerker: superteen Chloe Kim's father's reaction to her incredible gold-medal-winning run on the half-pipe course on Monday.
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First Known Use of tearjerker
1912
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TEARJERKER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of tearjerker for English Language Learners
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: a story, song, movie, etc., that makes you cry or feel very sad
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