tearjerker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending.

en-us-tearjerker.ogg

tearjerker tearjerkers tear-jerker tear jerker

From tear + jerker, so termed because it suggests one is likely to cry during its performance.

cryfest sobfest

tearjerking nakige

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary