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
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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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
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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Someone was squealing and crying at the same time, as if caught in a trap.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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And then the entire crew would start to cry.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
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And right now, Taylor cannot stop herself from initiating phone sex with Dakota even while sobbing over his indiscretions at Vanderpump Villa.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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In one call, a man is heard sobbing after being assaulted by another detainee.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Beyond that, the culture around it exists—tragic love stories to watch, songs to weep over in the bathtub, novels to turn to.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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Or worse, awake and weeping in her rocking chair, quietly lamenting our turn in fortunes.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Blubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubber. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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