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What does tear-jerking mean?

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  1. Alternative spelling of tearjerking
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It has been quite tear-jerking at times because we are all like one big happy family.
Castle-Hughes' tear-jerking performance earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination, making her the youngest actress ever to receive the accolade.
Adam tearfully watching is the misty-eyed cherry on this satisfyingly tear-jerking sundae.
Mr. Speaker, I have never heard such a tear-jerking defence of pork-barrelling.
There's a tear-jerking tribute to deceased Games contestant Rue from the first Hunger Games film.
Pathos is therefore brought into play by means of a staging and an acting style devoid of any affected or tear-jerking emotions.

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