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tearjerkers

tearjerkers is the plural of tearjerker.

Meaning of tearjerker

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
    Synonyms:
    cryfest, sobfest

Questions about tearjerkers

What is tearjerkers the plural of?
Tearjerkers is the plural of tearjerker.

Words near tearjerkers in the dictionary

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

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