Sobbing

English

Verb

sobbing

1. Present participle of sob.

Noun

Sobbing (plural Sobbings)

1. Action of the verb to sob.

Synonyms

• (action of the verb "to sob"): crying, sobs

Adjective

Sobbing (not comparable)

1. That or who sobs.

   a sobbing child

Synonyms

• (that or who sobs): crying

Adjectives for Sobbing

gentle; frightened; unrestrained; monotonous. adverbs convulsively; heavily; desolately; lonesomely; heartbreakingly; repentantly; remorsefully; bitterly; cruelly; miserably; loudly; quietly; silently; interminably; continually; unreasonably; absurdly; ridiculously; deliberately; purposefully; profitably; suddenly; violently; unaccountably; hysterically; grievously; angrily; happily; nervously.

Thesaurus

bawling, blubbering, cry, crying, dissolved in tears, fit of crying, flood of tears, good cry, greet, in tears, lachryma, lachrymal, lachrymose, lachrymosity, lacrimatory, melting mood, moaning, overflowing eyes, ready to cry, sigh, sighing, sniveling, soughing, tear, tear bottle, teardrop, tearful, tearful eyes, tearfulness, tears, teary, weepiness, weeping, weepy, whimpering, whining, with eyes suffused

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒbɪŋ

Translations

Noun

action of the verb "to sob"

Finnish: nyyhkytys (fi) French: sanglotement (fr) m.

Hungarian: zokogás (hu)

Adjective

that or who sobs

Finnish: nyyhkivä, nyyhkyttävä

French: sanglotant (fr) m., sanglotante (fr) f.

Anagrams

• gibbons