All sob synonyms
sob
S s noun sob
- lamentation β the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- groan β a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- cry β When you cry, tears come from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt.
- waterworks β (used with a singular or plural verb) a complete system of reservoirs, pipelines, conduits, etc., by which water is collected, purified, stored, and pumped to urban users.
- whine β to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc.: The puppies were whining from hunger.
- wailing β to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- keening β a wailing lament for the dead.
verb sob
- mewled β to cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- boohoo β to sob or pretend to sob noisily
- bawl β If you bawl, you shout in a very loud voice, for example because you are angry or you want people to hear you.
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- bleated β to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
- boohooing β to weep noisily; blubber.
- mewling β to cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
- bleating β to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
- lament β to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- heave β to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- bayed β a deep, prolonged howl, as of a hound on the scent.
- whaling β the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing.
- whimper β to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
- mourn β Feel or show deep sorrow or regret for (someone or their death), typically by following conventions such as the wearing of black clothes.
- weep β to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage.
- groused β to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- baying β a deep, prolonged howl, as of a hound on the scent.
- let out β (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- flab β flabby flesh; unwanted fat: Daily exercise will get rid of the flab around your waist.
- fussed β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- fatted β having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
- grousing β to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- flabs β flabby flesh; unwanted fat: Daily exercise will get rid of the flab around your waist.
- eat one's heart out β Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- flitch β the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured: a flitch of bacon.
- wail β to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- fussing β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- moan β a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- blub β If someone blubs, they cry because they are unhappy or frightened.
- anguished β Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- blubber β Blubber is the fat of whales, seals, and similar sea animals.
- mewl β to cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
- mew β a cage for hawks, especially while molting.