blubbered

verb

past tense of blubber
as in cried
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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  1. cried
  2. sobbed
  3. wept
Verb
  • Scores of new fathers kissed their babies for the first time, couples cried and embraced and hundreds of parents let out a collective sigh of relief as the crew disembarked on the north end of the Coronado peninsula.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • As the scale read 170 pounds, Whitty cupped her mouth with her hands and cried tears of joy.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of cried
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  • Five players and the referee tried to catch it, Steph recalled, while its owner sobbed on the sidelines.
    — Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Minutes before he was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the murder of his wife, Caleb Flynn sobbed as his in-laws read letters written by his two daughters, asking him heartbreaking questions about their mother’s death.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of sobbed
Verb
  • There, mother and daughter wept and composed letters to each other.
    — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Their families wept at the church, overtaken by the power of their love.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of wept
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“Blubbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubbered. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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