Synonyms of sobbing

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adjective

as in crying

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crying
• weeping
• wailing
• blubbering
• bawling
• whimpering
• sniffling
• sentimental
• mawkish
• sniveling
• maudlin
• moist
• keening
• emotional
• misty
• tearful
• weepy
• effusive
• teary
• misty-eyed
• demonstrative
• lachrymose
• plaintive
• grieving
• mournful
• doleful
• inconsolable
• bewailing
• dolorous
• bemoaning
• sad
• sorrowful
• dejected
• disconsolate
• heartbroken
• lugubrious
• heartsick
• funereal
• gloomy
• depressed
• woebegone
• brokenhearted
• downcast
• despondent
• woeful
• miserable
• downhearted
• heavyhearted
• wretched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laughing
• smiling
• grinning
• beaming
• giggling
• chuckling
• happy
• cheerful
• merry
• jovial
• gay
• cheery
• mirthful
• sunny
• blithe
• lighthearted
• jocose
• blithesome
• lightsome

sobbing

2 of 3

noun

as in weeping

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crying
• weeping
• whimpering
• whining
• blubbering
• sniveling
• groan
• wail
• yammering
• lamentation
• moan
• bawl
• shriek
• lament
• whimper
• plaint
• keen
• whine
• cry
• yelp
• yowl
• howl
• squall

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laugh
• chuckle
• giggle
• guffaw
• cackle
• snicker
• titter
• twitter
• chortle
• snigger

sobbing

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verb

present participle of sob

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crying
• weeping
• blubbering
• screaming
• bawling
• blubbing
• grieving
• whimpering
• whining
• mourning
• groaning
• howling
• sniffling
• lamenting
• squalling
• sighing
• wailing
• moaning
• greeting
• keening
• sniveling
• snivelling
• mewling
• bleating
• yowling
• puling