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TAKE THE QUIZSynonyms of blubbering
as in sobbing
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as in crying
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as in weeping
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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“Blubbering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubbering. Accessed 30 Mar. 2023.
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