TEARJERKER

Meaning of TEARJERKER in English

noun Date: 1912 a story, song, play, film, or broadcast that moves or is intended to move its audience to tears, tear-jerking adjective

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TEARJERKER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: tear (I) + jerker : an extravagantly pathetic story, play, film, or radio or television program
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TEARJERKER — — tearjerking , adj. /tear"jerr'keuhr/ , n. Informal. a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TEARJERKER — n. something that causes an outburst of tears
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TEARJERKER — noun Date: 1912 : a story, song, play, film, or broadcast that moves or is intended to move its audience …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TEARJERKER — [tear.jerk.er] n (1921): an extravagantly pathetic story, song, play, film, or broadcast -- tear-jerk.ing adj
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TEARJERKER — tearjerker BrE AmE ˈtɪə ˌdʒɜːk ə AmE \ ˈtɪr ˌdʒɝːk ə r ▷ tearjerker|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TEARJERKER — tear ‧ jerk ‧ er /ˈtɪəˌdʒɜːkə $ ˈtɪrˌdʒɜːrkər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] informal a film, book, or story that is …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TEARJERKER — see tear-jerker
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEARJERKER — see tear-jerker
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TEARJERKER — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ His latest movie is a typical Hollywood tearjerker .
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TEARJERKER — Synonyms and related words : bathos, bleeding heart, cloyingness, goo, hearts-and-flowers, maudlinness, mawkishness, mush, mushiness, namby-pamby, namby-pambyism, namby-pambyness, nostalgia, nostomania, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TEARJERKER — {n.} A sentimental novel or movie that makes one cry. * /Love Story, both in its novel form and as …
Slang English vocab
TEARJERKER — See ↑ FEEL 12
Longman Activator English vocab
TEARJERKER — {n.} A sentimental novel or movie that makes one cry. * /Love Story, both in its novel form and as …
Словарь английских идиом
TEARJERKER — a sad story, a story or song that moves you to tears Have you seen For Whom The Bell Tolls …
English Idioms vocabulary
TEARJERKER — n. A sentimental novel or movie that makes one cry. Love Story, both in its novel form and as a …
American Idioms English vocabulary
TEARJERKER — слезливая история
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TEARJERKER — слезливая история
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TEARJERKER — n infml We saw a nice tearjerker the other day — На днях мы посмотрели прекрасную мелодраму He told us a tearjerker …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
TEARJERKER — n infml We saw a nice tearjerker the other day — На днях мы посмотрели прекрасную мелодраму He told us …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
TEARJERKER — tearjerker n infml We saw a nice tearjerker the other day На днях мы посмотрели прекрасную мелодраму He told us …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
TEARJERKER — We saw a nice tearjerker the other day — На днях мы посмотрели прекрасную мелодраму He told us a tearjerker …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
TEARJERKER — слезливая история
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TEARJERKER — слезливая история
Англо-Русский словарь
TEARJERKER — n. Pronunciation: ' tir- ˌ j ə r-k ə r Function: noun Date: 1912 : a story, song, play, film, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WEEPIE — noun Date: 1928 tearjerker
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WEEPER — noun Date: 13th century 1. one that weeps, a professional mourner, a small statue of a figure in mourning on …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TEAR-JERKING — adjective see: tearjerker
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WEEPIE — ˈwēpē noun ( -s ) Etymology: weep (I) + -ie : tearjerker
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WEEPIE — /wee"pee/ , n. Brit. Informal. a tearjerker; weeper. [ 1925-30; WEEP 1 + -IE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEEL — INDEX: 1. to feel hot/tired/hungry etc 2. a physical feeling of heat, cold, tiredness, hunger etc 3. how something feels …
Longman Activator English vocab

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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