Usually means: Evokes strong, emotional, heartfelt crying.
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  1. tear-jerking: Merriam-Webster
  2. tear-jerking: Wordnik
  3. tear-jerking: Wiktionary
  4. tear-jerking: Dictionary.com
  5. tear-jerking: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See tearjerker as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Tear-jerking)

adjective:  Alternative spelling of tearjerking [(informal) Emotionally charged so as to induce sorrow.]

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