as in crying
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as in weeping
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as in blubbering
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobbing
Adjective
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022 -
The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
Noun
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Ultimately, Janice tells Ross that his whining is too much and ditches him.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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But allowing the whining of Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin and other SEC propagandists about the performances of teams like SMU and Indiana to hijack the conversation during the opening rounds of the Playoff this past season was not great for college football.—
Ralph D. Russo,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Sobbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sobbing. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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