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tearjerker
[ teer-jur-ker ]
noun
- a story, play, movie, or the like that is sentimental or sad enough to evoke pangs of emotion to the point of tears:
This new version of a classic tearjerker is touted as the must-see film of the holiday season, but it lacks the genuine warmth of the original.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù±ð²¹°ù·Âá±ð°ù°ì·¾±²Ô²µ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tearjerker1
Example Sentences
She has no children or partner, but this is not some clichéd tearjerker in which our protagonist must fill the hole in herself with a baby or a lover.
The tearjerker has also made the shortlist for the international feature Oscar — under its English title: “How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies.â€
But viewers may be more inclined to weep at how this would-be tearjerker relies on its remarkable star to uplift an otherwise insufferable film.
That plot description doesn’t exactly suggest a heartfelt tearjerker of a movie.
Haigh’s work does for me what the filmmaker says a torch song or a tearjerker does for him: “That is the thing that makes me feel less alone,†he says.
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