Meaning & use
Tearjerker
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A book, film, or story that is deliberately designed to evoke sadness or sentimentality in its audience.
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The movie was a real tearjerker, and half the theater was crying by the end.
Critics dismissed the novel as a predictable tearjerker.
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An informal American coinage from the early 20th century, combining 'tear' and 'jerk' (to pull out).
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