Britannica Dictionary definition of TEARJERKER. [count] informal. : a story, song, movie, etc., that makes you cry or feel very sad.
Example Sentences
This movie is a total tear-jerking for anyone who has lost a parent. My heart goes out to such tear-jerkers. This song will surely be a tear-jerking for you, I just know it. All the nominations for the award this year are tear-jerkers.
: to separate parts of or pull apart by force : rend. : to wound by or as if by pulling apart by force : lacerate. tear the skin. : to divide or disrupt by the pull of contrary forces. a mind torn with doubts.
Crying often connects people, whether it's out of grief, love, passion, or another strong emotion. Crying may cause others to be empathetic and compassionate toward you, softening anger or unpleasant emotion that caused the tears to flow in the first place.
If you refer to a play, film, or book as a tear-jerker, you are indicating that it is very sad or sentimental.
Jerk is also a noun. If you call someone a jerk, you are insulting them because you think they are stupid or you do not like them.
: an involuntary spasmodic muscular movement due to reflex action. jerks plural : involuntary twitchings due to nervous excitement.
2 sob, bawl, whimper. 3 yowl, bawl, clamor, vociferate, exclaim, ejaculate, scream.
The fancy medical term for crying is lacrimation. The above description gives you some of the reasons for crying. Emotional crying is controlled by the hypothalamus, which is part of the limbic system of the brain. The limbic system is involved in generating basic emotions such as sadness, fear and anger.
A disturbance to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) most likely causes these involuntary muscle twitches. For unknown reasons, the central nervous system sends an electrical impulse to muscles. Rarely, myoclonus occurs after an injury to the peripheral nerves outside the central nervous system.
What causes myoclonus? Myoclonus may be caused: most commonly by a disturbance of the brain or spinal cord (the central nervous system, or CNS), or. more rarely by an injury to the peripheral nerves (the nerves outside the CNS that connect to sensory organs and muscles, and relay information from/to the CNS).
fag (US) fuckoid. git [⇒ thesaurus] hosebag. jackass.
The word "jerk" is often used to describe someone who acts obnoxiously and treats others with disrespect. It's hard to understand why anyone would intentionally be in a relationship with a person who behaves this way, but people stay in unhappy relationships all of the time.
In physics, jerk, also known as jolt, surge, or lurch, is the rate of change of acceleration; that is, the derivative of acceleration with respect to time, and as such the second derivative of velocity, or the third derivative of position.
1. to almost start crying. Don began to tear up when he talked about his son. Synonyms and related words. To cry, or to start crying.
tear-jerker (n.)
1911, in reference to newspaper stories about tragic situations, on model of soda-jerker and perhaps especially beer-jerker, from tear (n. 1) + jerk (v.).
Another word, tear — what you do or produce when you cry — is spelled the same but pronounced to rhyme with peer.
Today's psychological thought largely concurs, emphasizing the role of crying as a mechanism that allows us to release stress and emotional pain. Crying is an important safety valve, largely because keeping difficult feelings inside — what psychologists call repressive coping — can be bad for our health.
crybaby Add to list Share. A crybaby is someone who cries very easily and complains a lot.
A twitching muscle can be annoying, to be sure, but, fortunately, it's rarely serious. "Some people are just more prone to experiencing fasciculations," says Dr. Ondo. "If you've had them for many years and haven't noticed any other changes in your muscle, there's likely nothing to be concerned about."