as in to cry
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the little girl was blubbing so uncontrollably that we couldn't understand what she was saying
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Recent Examples of blub
Bridget Jones blubbing into her ice cream, obsessing over pounds gained and cigarettes smoked?
Beach book.
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Jennifer Weiner, EW.com, 17 June 2019
Jennifer Weiner, EW.com, 17 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blub
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The 45-year-old's work at the CBS Evening News desk was even criticized by fellow TV personality Megyn Kelly, who relentlessly mocked Dokoupil for crying during a CBS News Miami clip that saw him being interviewed by a local broadcaster and subsequently crying over memories of his childhood.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Jan. 2026
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Jane and Darlene have both cried on the runway recently.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2026
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Williams began sobbing and had to briefly leave the courtroom.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Jan. 2026
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Capote sobbed on the flight back to New York, tightly clutching Fox’s hand.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Artemis then returned to the slain Orion and wept over him for hours and hours.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
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On Friday, relatives wept over the bodies of a 16-year-old girl and her two nephews who were killed in their tent in southern Gaza.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Blub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blub. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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