tearjerking

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tearjerking

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From tear + jerking.

adjective more tearjerking · most tearjerking · tear-jerking

informal Emotionally charged so as to induce sorrow. Robert Zemeckis, a director previously known more for brittle, antihumanistic comedy (Used Cars, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Death Becomes Her) than heartwarming sentiment, moves into Oscar territory with an accomplished tearjerking comedy (1994) about a slow-witted southerner (Tom Hanks in the title r

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Français	larmoyant, à faire pleurer dans les chaumières

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@misc{tearjerking_2026,
  title = {tearjerking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tearjerking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}