as in crying
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the little girl was blubbing so uncontrollably that we couldn't understand what she was saying
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Recent Examples of blubbing
And then Jack was blubbing at the end of the aisle!
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Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Topping them both would be star player Paul Gascoigne blubbing on the pitch after receiving a yellow card during a semi-final against West Germany that ruled him out of a potential final.
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Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Topping them both would be star player Paul Gascoigne blubbing on the pitch after receiving a yellow card during a semi-final against West Germany that ruled him out of a potential final.
—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blubbing
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What breaks my heart is that Vermax’s cries sounded like a dog crying, a dog dying.
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Jonah sprinted towards Jamon, crying, as his father laid on the ground leaking blood.
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His aunt sat at the dining table, sobbing.
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Van Hook turned his head to the witness chamber and, sobbing, apologized for killing Self.
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Petrescu looked over at Vidineac, who was weeping as the casket was lowered into the ground.
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Rice was surrounded by her legal team and her family at the time of the reading and immediately started weeping with her face in her hands.
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“Blubbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubbing. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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