sobbing
noun
[ ˈsɒbɪŋ ]
• noisy crying.
• "Regina couldn't hear her over her sobbing"
sobbing
adjective
• crying noisily.
• "Karla collapsed in a sobbing heap at the feet of the other girls"
sob
verb
• cry noisily, making loud, convulsive gasps.
• "he broke down and sobbed like a child"
Similar:
weep,
cry,
shed tears,
snivel,
whimper,
whine,
howl,
mewl,
bawl,
greet,
blub,
blubber,
boohoo,
grizzle,
Origin:
Middle English: perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect sabben ‘to suck’.
