TEARJERKER meaning: Movie or story evoking sadness

We found 21 dictionaries that define the word tearjerker:

General (19 matching dictionaries)

tearjerker: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tearjerker: Merriam-Webster
tearjerker: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
tearjerker: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
tearjerker: Vocabulary.com
tearjerker: Wordnik
tearjerker: Wiktionary
tearjerker: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
tearjerker: Infoplease Dictionary
tearjerker: Dictionary.com
tearjerker: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Tearjerker (American Dad!), Tearjerker (band), Tearjerker (song), Tearjerker: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
tearjerker: Rhymezone
tearjerker: FreeDictionary.org
tearjerker: Mnemonic Dictionary
tearjerker: TheFreeDictionary.com
tearjerker: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

tearjerker: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
tearjerker: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun: (informal) An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending, so termed because it suggests one is likely to cry during its performance.

Opposite:

comedy, funny movie

Types:

drama, melodrama, tragedy, soap opera, more...

Adjectives:

real, old, sentimental, classic, such, maudlin, popular, ultimate

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