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Meaning of four-hankie | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

tearjerking

Examples

“[Straight audiences] can't imagine relating to them as people; the reality of gay characters is unreal to them. They will dismiss [the film] as excessive and melodramatic (misunderstanding that it's supposed to be) but then have no trouble relating to the high-toned four hanky antics of Kramer vs. Kramer.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

four-hundredth four-leaf four-legged four-letter four-poster four-quadrant