as in to cry
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee
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Recent Examples of blubber
Bowen Yang watched the final cut of Wicked with some of his Saturday Night Live costars — and the movie left them all a blubbering mess.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
And then raised the teacup to my lips to keep from blubbering.
—Alice McDermott, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
Stepping into the impossible shoes of Crispin Glover, Cole’s rubber-limbed George McFly has all the grace of a newborn foal, with a piercing chuckle that borders on blubbering.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
Until Beard plays them a compilation video of their time together, which has everyone blubbering and out of sorts to start the game.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
And then raised the teacup to my lips to keep from blubbering.
—Alice McDermott, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
Stepping into the impossible shoes of Crispin Glover, Cole’s rubber-limbed George McFly has all the grace of a newborn foal, with a piercing chuckle that borders on blubbering.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
Until Beard plays them a compilation video of their time together, which has everyone blubbering and out of sorts to start the game.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blubber
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Although anyone can injure a baby in a moment of frustration, most prevention research has focused specifically on helping parents understand why infants cry or become fussy.—
Lori Frasier,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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Catch up on last week: Carrie Underwood cries, Backstreet Boy duets with son in 'Idol' premiereNeed a break?—
KiMi Robinson,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
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Another passenger warns her, conveniently, that pregnant women are returned to their countries of origin and so Alex sobs through each doctor’s inspection, worried that all this pain — this loss of dignity — is for nothing.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
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Most notably, their co-star, Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, sobbed throughout the rendition, clearly channeling the millions of misty-eyed viewers at home.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
3 Mar. 2025
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Once, at a wedding Rose officiated, Kale wept and waved his arms up and down — though the bride and groom had never met him before — while the crowd of Oregon locals looked at one another in confusion.—
Guthrie Scrimgeour,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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But in a confessional, Stacey weeps while sympathizing with her heartbroken friend.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Blubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubber. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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