Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tear-jerking

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
tear--jerk-ing
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

more tear-jerking (comparative) most tear-jerking (superlative)

Questions

What does tear-jerking mean?
Alternative spelling of tearjerking.

How to pronounce tear-jerking

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