Poor
Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Tearjerking and poor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tearjerking" instead an adjective "Poor".
Tearjerking
Poor and tearjerking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Tearjerking".
Both words in one sentence
- Madame Butterfly, in its tragic tearjerking finale, has poor Cio-Cio-San committing seppuku with the dagger given to her by the Mikado after learning that her lover Pinkerton is not coming for her like he promised her he would and that he has married another.
Source: Driven To Suicide / Theatre -
Kick the Dog: After handing over Angel to Mapache in a tearjerking scene, the next time the Wild Bunch visit Mapache's village, Mapache is using his car to drag the poor guy around in a despicable bit of Cold-Blooded Torture.
Source: Film / The Wild Bunch
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