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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(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.
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.
The many tear-jerkers deal with finality, with death and the end of love, with a stoicism pregnant with feeling.
Use tear jerker when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tear jerker means (informal) An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending..
Common synonyms include cryfest, sobfest.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Renamed in honor of the tube tearjerker, the work wondrously went on to become the most recognized theme in all of soapdom.
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