tearjerker

noun

tear·jerk·er ˈtir-ˌjər-kər

: a story, song, play, film, or broadcast that moves or is intended to move its audience to tears

tear-jerking

ˈtir-ˌjər-kiŋ

adjective

Examples of tearjerker in a Sentence

I'm not in the mood to see a tearjerker. Let's watch something funny instead.

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One of the best tearjerkers ever made, Field of Dreams is kind of the ultimate Father’s Day movie, a flick that seems to be about the great American love for baseball that reveals itself to be more about fatherhood than anything else. —

Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 June 2024 What our gifter says: Watching a montage of grandkids’ videos all pieced together is guaranteed to be a tearjerker. —

Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024 There are videos of when Arnold bought her first house at age 19, moved into a new warehouse, and a tearjerker where Arnold gave her grandfather a pickup. —

Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024 And many have mentioned that pretty much any scene that features Ling is a tearjerker. —

Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tearjerker