Associations to the word «Tearjerker»

Wiktionary

TEARJERKER, noun. (informal) An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, real-life story, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending, so termed because it suggests one is likely to cry during its performance.

Dictionary definition

TEARJERKER, noun. An excessively sentimental narrative.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan