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
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.
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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
One year ago, the chubby and blubbering soon-to-be leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was seen walking alongside the hearse that carried his dead father, Kim Jong Il.
—Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2012
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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
One year ago, the chubby and blubbering soon-to-be leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was seen walking alongside the hearse that carried his dead father, Kim Jong Il.
—Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blubber
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Fans lined up at meet-and-greets, holding her, crying, sharing their own experiences of assault and survival.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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His attorney also submitted a video of Banfield learning of his wife's death, crying at times into his bloodied hands while a doctor patted his back.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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In the photo released by the White House, Armstrong is sobbing, her mouth hanging open in despair.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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But in this version of the photo, Levy Armstrong is pictured sobbing, with visible tears streaming down her cheeks and her mouth open.—
Maggie Harrison Dupré,
Futurism,
22 Jan. 2026
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It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.—
Donald Moynihan,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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Outside, victims and supporters wept, hugged and wore yellow ribbons.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Blubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubber. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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