# tearjerker

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #93,223

## Definitions
1. An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending.

## Etymology
From tear + jerker, so termed because it suggests one is likely to cry during its performance.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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