Synonyms for sobbing
sob·bing

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1. sobbingnoun

   Synonyms:
   crying, sob

2. sobbingadjective

   That or who sobs.

   a sobbing child

   Synonyms:
   sob, crying

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. sob, sobbingnoun

   convulsive gasp made while weeping

   Synonyms:
   son of a bitch, breathlessness, dickhead, bastard, prick, shortness of breath, cocksucker, shit, whoreson, sob, asshole

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1. • Crying

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1. havering

   the boy was havering

   Submitted by anonymous on November 1, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "sobbing":

   crying

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How to use sobbing in a sentence?

1. Lili Bernard:

   I have six children. I was trying to go about my morning as a mom, i’m trying to gather myself, and I’m just sobbing.

2. American Shannon Rowbury:

   While those women were doing their victory lap I was sobbing, trying to get enough control to face my family.

3. Michael Sandford:

   I accept that Michael has tried to do a bad thing but he is mentally ill and is not a bad or dangerous person, he kept breaking down and sobbing on the phone, saying 'please, please, I just want to come home'. He's very remorseful ... He's just in a really bad way.

4. Hugh Grant:

   Rowan (Atkinson) was funny, the rest of it was just awful and I had to be helped sobbing back onto the set, then they had a screening in Santa Monica and suddenly everyone loved it. It was a total surprise to everyone.

5. Emily Applegate:

   I would assume Bruce [Allen] knew, because he sat 30 feet away from me... and saw me sobbing at my desk several times every week.