sob
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Definition
sob (säb)
intransitive verb sobbed, sob′·bing
- to weep aloud with a catch or break in the voice and short, gasping breaths
- to make a sound like that of sobbing, as the wind
Etymology: ME sobben
transitive verb
- to bring (oneself) into a given state, esp. sleep, by sobbing
- to utter with sobs
noun
the act or sound of one that sobs
sob′·bingly adverb
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Definition
sob (es′ō′bē′)
noun pl. sob's or SOB's
Slang son of a bitch (sense )
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Synonyms
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Synonyms
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Usage Examples
Object
- story: He's also a sucker for the sob stories he hears helping out at his local legal advice center pro bono!
- story: She shares her sob story with Geoff's wife.
- child: Picture a sobbing child sitting in his mother's lap.
Converse of object
- choke: One day, my brothers, hearing great choking sobs coming from my room rushed in to my aid.
- hear: It was not for himself alone he spoke, hearing sobs from hamlet to hamlet, poverty anchoring on the land like a plague.
- muffle: Do I hear the muffled sobs of a Wounded Child?
Adjective modifier
- great: But my child " For a moment he seemed choked, and a great sob rose in his throat.
- hysterical: Back to Shannon whose screams are mixed with hysterical sobs.
- deep: Cries of anguish burst from within deep whooping sobs racked his body.
Modifies a noun
- story: Anything with a bit of a sob story always wins me over.
Modifying Another Word
- uncontrollably: At the end of the play Pandora was sobbing uncontrollably.
- bitterly: The Princess lay prone upon a couch, sobbing bitterly.
- loudly: The look on his face ⦠I burst into a fit of tears, sobbing loudly.
- aloud: She rushed toward him and, seizing him in her arms, sobbed aloud upon his bosom.
- quietly: Ruth, who is eight years old, was sobbing quietly.
- again: She was sitting in the living room, sobbing again.
Used with why or when
- when: Sometimes people sound like they're sobbing when they try to laugh.
Preposition: in
- corner: I'm now a sad person, and shall go sob in a corner.
Preposition: with
- joy: She sat in the mixed zone, where the athletes collect their kit, sobbing with joy.
Preposition: like
- baby: It was very sad and I have been unable to talk about him at work today without sobbing like baby.
sob Quotes
Sob, heavy world, Sob as you spin Mantled in mist, remote from the happy.
Browse dictionary entries near sob
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- soba (noodles)
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