tearjerker
noun
a story, play, movie, or the like that is sentimental or sad enough to evoke pangs of emotion to the point of tears.
tearjerking
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a word derived from
tearjerker.
Example Sentences
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"There are plenty of tearjerking moments throughout the documentary, but there are also many moments of joy and hope."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024
It is tempting to ascribe “Kidding” ’s wobbliness of tone—its skids from dark comedy to tearjerking melodrama, its conjunction of whimsy and dread—to the influence of Michel Gondry, who directs a majority of the episodes.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 5, 2018
Some of the most important guests—Cher as Sophie’s long-estranged pop-star grandmother and Meryl herself as Donna, returning only in spectral form for a single, effectively tearjerking scene—arrive the latest and sing the least.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2018
Matt Berninger, the tearjerking baritone singer and lyricist from The National, teamed up with Brent Knopf, the mastermind behind Ramona Falls and member of Menomena, to write “Return to the Moon.”
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2015
But the one genuinely tearjerking moment came when the Foo Fighters took the stage and started playing Letterman's favorite song in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2015
