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(Entry 1 of 2)
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
- the child sobbed when she found the dead frog
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nounSynonyms & Antonyms of sob (Entry 2 of 2)
as in cry, tears
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The first known use of sob was in the 13th century
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