Sob

Adjective
sob


 * 1) sentimental or melancholy to a great degree (one degree further being "sobby"); almost but not quite schmaltzy.
 * Five minutes into the movie and she's already crying; typical sob stuff.
 * 1)  sad, depressing.
 * Tell me a sob story, see if I cry.

Noun

 * 1) a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.

Verb

 * 1)  to weep with convulsive gasps.
 * 2)  to say (something) while sobbing.
 * "He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:weep

Adjectives for Sob
tearless;  dying;  convulsive;  hysterical; heaving; tremulous; noiseless; desolate innumerable (pi); loud; indignant; audible hopeless; diminished; confused; gulping choked; painful; feeble; commingled (pi); conventional; wild; stifled; gasping; panting; racking; renewed; stormy; deep.

Verbs for Sob
burst into—s; check—; heave—; repress—; restrain—; smother—; stifle—; strangle—; suppress—; whimper—; —disarms; —engulfs; —gurgles; —lacerates; —laments; —melts; —moves; —overwhelms; —racks; —rends; —shakes; —softens; —touches; — wells up; —wrings.

Adverbs for Sob
piteously; audibly; miserably; bleakly; passionately; hysterically; violently; convulsively; bitterly; monotonously; fearlessly; tremulously; rackingly; pantingly; gaspingly.

Thesaurus
bark, bawl, bellow, blare, blat, blubber, boohoo, boom, bray, break down, breathe, burst into tears, buzz, cackle, chant, chirp, coo, crow, cry, dissolve in tears, dolorous tirade, drawl, drone, drop a tear, exclaim, flute, gabble, gasp, gibber, greet, groan, growl, grunt, hiss, howl, jabber, jeremiad, keen, lament, lilt, maunder, moan, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter, outcry, pant, pipe, plaint, planctus, roar, rumble, scream, screech, shed tears, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, snap, snarl, snivel, snort, sough, speak incoherently, splutter, sputter, squall, squawk, squeal, susurrate, thunder, tirade, trumpet, twang, ululation, wail, wail of woe, warble, weep, whimper, whine, whisper, whistle, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, yowl

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Schluchzen
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: snökkt, ekki , ekkasog , andvarp
 * Polish:


 * Romanian:
 * Russian: всхлипывание, рыдание
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: snyft, snyftning

Derived terms

 * sobby
 * sob story
 * sob stuff

Verb

 * Dutch: snotteren
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Icelandic: snökta, stynja, andvarpa, gráta, stynja upp


 * Polish: łkać, szlochać
 * Russian: всхлипывать, всхлипнуть , рыдать


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * French: dire en sanglotant
 * Icelandic: stynja upp, segja frá með ekka


 * : jecati
 * : schluchzen

Anagrams

 * BSO
 * Obs
 * OSB

Noun

 * 1) reindeer (an Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer)

Preposition

 * 1)  below, beneath

Preposition

 * 1) under

Etymology
Latin sub

Antonyms

 * sobre

Noun

 * 1) reindeer