ALL meanings of tear-jerker
tear·jerk·er
T t - noun tear-jerker a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale. 1
- countable noun tear-jerker If you refer to a play, film, or book as a tear-jerker, you are indicating that it is very sad or sentimental. 0
- noun tear-jerker an excessively sentimental film, play, book, etc 0
- noun tear-jerker a play, film, etc. that is sad in a very maudlin way 0