Definition of "tearjerking" []

• Emotionally charged so as to induce sorrow. (adjective)

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• "The acting is peerless throughout (Maggie Smith has several lovely grace notes), and there are indeed scenes of genuine power and tearjerking emotion (prepare to weep when Harry pulls out the 'ressurection stone' in a key moment)."
• "Unfortunately, there's a catch, and it, too, is big: "War Horse" is the most shameless piece of tearjerking to hit Broadway since "The Sound of Music.""
• "On another, their tuneful but melancholic compositions make them a kind of hip Coldplay, the songs used to tearjerking effect in that covert breaker of emerging mainstream talent, US TV drama Grey's Anatomy."