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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 blubbering
Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
Wanting to make Lambert more than some blubbering wreck, Cartwright emphasized her common sense.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blubbering
Adjective
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But his crying scene in Ford v Ferrari is one for the ages.—
Michael Granberry,
Dallas News,
17 Jan. 2020
Noun
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The actor even recalled weeping backstage at the BRIT Awards before presenting Sabrina Carpenter with an award.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Budj Bim assigned the weeping she-oak (Casuarina) trees, whose whispering voices can be heard in the wind, to be the guardian spirits of the landscape.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Sigg fell to the floor, sobbing.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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Now instead of celebrating his release, Adel was sobbing.—
Mosab Abu Toha,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sitting opposite an old people’s home in a residential corner of Paris’ 14th arrondissement, La Santé’s unassuming presence is only given away by the occasional wailing siren as prisoners are transported to and from the site.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And since then, his crying and whining have increased.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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As seen and heard this week at the SEC spring meetings, the whining over that has not ceased.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Which is how Robb Report ended up in Friedrichshafen for this sentimental centennial drive, which would retrace many of the roads and locations of that original trip.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
3 Nov. 2025
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To safeguard fragile or sentimental items, wrap them in paper or bubble wrap before placing them in a bin.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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After a mawkish beginning, the play somewhat redeems itself through earned emotions and an ambiguous ending that begs discussion.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, jailed and banned frequently, has never allowed his work to get mawkish.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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In the season’s back half, neither its overloading of vile desecrations nor maudlin sentimentality adds anything that Monster hadn’t already established four episodes ago.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
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While such a scenario sounds potentially maudlin and manipulative, Lucero — who wrote the film from a personal place — never allows that to happen by making the characters complex and flawed, and laboring under real-life issues.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Blubbering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubbering. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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