sob — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.

2. The sound of sob.

   Usage

   • onomatopoeic

   Examples

   “My husband, alas! whom I now (sob, sob) mourn, A short time since (sob) to this grave (sob) was borne; And (sob) he lies buried in this (sob, sob) grave.”

Verb

1. To weep with convulsive gasps.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   She was sobbing because she was feeling very miserable.

   She sigh'd, she sobb'd, and, furious with despair, / She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.

2. To say (something) while sobbing.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   "He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.

Verb

1. To soak.

   Examples

   the Tree, being sobbed and wet, ſwells the Wood

Noun

1. convulsive gasp made while weeping

   Synonyms

   sobbing

   Broader terms

   cryingweepingtears

Verb

1. weep convulsively

   Broader terms

   cryweep

   Examples

   He was sobbing inconsolably