sobverb [ I ]
uk/sɒb/us/sɑːb/-bb-B2 to cry noisily, taking in deep breaths:
I found her sobbing in the bedroom because she'd broken her favourite doll.
You're not going to help matters by lying there sobbing!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Weeping and crying
- bawl
- bucket
- burst
- burst out laughing/crying idiom
- crocodile tears
- crumple
- cry
- dissolve
- dry your eyes idiom
- flood
- lachrymose
- mist
- mist (sth) over/up
- misty-eyed
- not a dry eye in the house idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- sniffle
- snuffle
- tear 1
- weepy
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Idiom(s)
sob your heart out
sobnoun [ C ]
uk/sɒb/us/sɑːb/an act or sound of sobbing:
I could hear her sobs from the next room.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Weeping and crying
- bawl
- bucket
- burst
- burst out laughing/crying idiom
- crocodile tears
- crumple
- cry
- dissolve
- dry your eyes idiom
- flood
- lachrymose
- mist
- mist (sth) over/up
- misty-eyed
- not a dry eye in the house idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- sniffle
- snuffle
- tear 1
- weepy
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