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TEARJERKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tearjerker mean?
• TEARJERKER (noun)
The noun TEARJERKER has 1 sense:
1. an excessively sentimental narrative
Familiarity information: TEARJERKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An excessively sentimental narrative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tearjerker" is a kind of...):
narration; narrative; story; tale (a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program)
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