as in to cry
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee
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Recent Examples of blubber
The novel ends with a virtuoso lampooning of the aunt’s funeral that cuts straight through the rural superstitions and drunken blubbering.
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Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
On and on the tears flowed, from Pittsburgh to Minnesota, from Northern California to South Florida, with many blubbering that signing two-time Cy Young Award-winning Blake Snell to a $182-million contract officially makes the defending World Series champions bad for the game.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
With scheming lawyer co-conspirator Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri) murdered, dark Dutton son Jamie (Wes Bentley) is alone, cornered, and blubbering.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
Bowen Yang watched the final cut of Wicked with some of his Saturday Night Live costars — and the movie left them all a blubbering mess.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
On and on the tears flowed, from Pittsburgh to Minnesota, from Northern California to South Florida, with many blubbering that signing two-time Cy Young Award-winning Blake Snell to a $182-million contract officially makes the defending World Series champions bad for the game.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
With scheming lawyer co-conspirator Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri) murdered, dark Dutton son Jamie (Wes Bentley) is alone, cornered, and blubbering.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
Bowen Yang watched the final cut of Wicked with some of his Saturday Night Live costars — and the movie left them all a blubbering mess.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blubber
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Its first truly devastating moment comes in its fourth episode, where Asa, overwhelmed by her first few days in high school, breaks down crying on the couch.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
20 Feb. 2026
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Remember during cycle 4 when Michelle cried from the pain of an allergic reaction to the peroxide used to bleach her hair (which later prompted an impetigo outbreak)?—
Adrianne Webster,
Glamour,
20 Feb. 2026
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Pata’s mother left the courtroom sobbing while someone was testifying.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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But producers kept the cameras rolling throughout Shandi’s distress, capturing her sobbing frame and even filming a tearful phone call with her boyfriend back home.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
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Natalia wept and kissed his hand.—
Josh Ireland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Tickets sales are strong and a good portion of opening-night audience members were weeping during the play’s heartbreaking second act.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Blubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubber. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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