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Noun: tearjerker  'teer,jur-ku(r)
Usage: informal
  1. An excessively sentimental narrative
    "The movie was a real tearjerker, leaving many in the audience in tears"

Derived forms: tearjerkers

Type of: narration, narrative, story, tale

Encyclopedia: Tearjerker