tearjerker
tearjerker · tearjerkers
An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc., usually…An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending.
» That movie was a real tearjerker.
Этот фильм был душещипательным.
Meaning
1 senses(informal)An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending.
Schnulze
More definitions
- an excessively sentimental narrative
Examples
1 sentencesThat movie was a real tearjerker.
ruЭтот фильм был душещипательным.
Translations
5 languagesDeutsch
emotionally charged dramatic work:
Origin
From tear + jerker, so termed because it suggests one is likely to cry during its performaFrom tear + jerker, so termed because it suggests one is likely to cry during its performance.
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