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tearjerker

tearjerker noun: an emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending.

Noun

tearjerker (plural tearjerkers)

  1. (informal) An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending.
    • Renamed in honor of the tube tearjerker, the work wondrously went on to become the most recognized theme in all of soapdom.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 338
    • The psychologist Paul Rozin lumps tearjerkers with other examples of benign masochism like smoking, riding on roller coasters, eating hot chili peppers, and sitting in saunas.2003, Steven Pinker, How the Mind Works, Penguin, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    cryfest, sobfest

tearjerker meaning in Bengali

tearjerker in Bengali

একটি ভাবপ্রবণ চলচ্চিত্র, উপন্যাস, গান, ওপেরা, টেলিভিশনের পর্ব ইত্যাদি

Synonyms of tearjerker

Forms of tearjerker

pluraltearjerkers
alternative formtear-jerker
alternative formtear jerker

Origin of tearjerker

From tear + jerker, so termed because it suggests one is likely to cry during its performance.

Questions about tearjerker

What does tearjerker mean?
Tearjerker means an emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending.
What is tearjerker in Bengali?
Tearjerker in Bengali is একটি ভাবপ্রবণ চলচ্চিত্র, উপন্যাস, গান. See Tearjerker meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is tearjerker?
Tearjerker is a noun.
What is the plural of tearjerker?
The plural of tearjerker is tearjerkers.

Words near tearjerker in the dictionary

  1. tearing up
  2. tearing up the dance floor
  3. tearing up the pea patch
  4. tearingly
  5. tearings
  6. tearjerker
  7. tearjerkers
  8. tearjerking
  9. tearjerkingly
  10. Tearle
  11. tearless

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