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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There are decent Allenesque situations and humor, but they are undermined by some flat jokes, a running gag that goes on too long and a tearjerker strain toward the end.
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Among their LPs, Pepper is not the most moving (only two tearjerkers) or the most consistent (at least two space-fillers).
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The story's author, who goes by the nom de plume Yoshi, published installments of the tearjerker as downloadable text files on his Web site in May 2000.
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1912
First Known Use of tearjerker
1912
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TEARJERKER Defined for English Language Learners
tearjerker
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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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