tearjerker
(noun) an excessively sentimental narrative
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tearjerker (plural tearjerkers)
(informal) An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc, usually with one or more sad passages or ending, so termed because it suggests one is likely to cry during its performance.
• cryfest, sobfest
Source: Wiktionary
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
