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adjective

Definition of blubberingnext
as in crying

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blubbering

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noun

as in weeping

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blubbering

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verb

present participle of blubber
as in sobbing
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 Synonyms for blubbering
  1. weeping
  2. sentimental
  3. whining
  4. mawkish
  5. maudlin
Verb
  • Payne’s parents watched, his mother weeping, as the late singer’s casket was carried inside.
    Rob Picheta, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Music blared, dancers jumped, men and women threw themselves onto their knees while weeping furiously, phones waved, children balanced precariously on dusty shoulders, banners rose and fell against the soaring baroque stone.
    Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of weeping
Adjective
  • John Lennon's sons Sean Ono Lennon and Julian Lennon recently spent some time together in a sentimental place.
    Gil Macias, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Although perceived as a vindictive album, Reputation is also a sentimental one, with its fair share of love songs.
    Lolita Mang, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of sentimental
Noun
  • As the Dodgers officially welcomed their latest gazillionaire pitcher to a remodeling Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, the churning of the bulldozers in the infield was momentarily drowned out by the whining around the baseball world.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Or that their child’s whims, extreme whining, or a physical demonstration of their tantrum should be overlooked.
    Ashley J. DiMella Fox News, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024
Definition of whining
Adjective
  • Co-directed with Jewish Israeli filmmaker Yaron Shani, the movie paints a subtle picture of a society split along fissures religious, political, cultural, and economic, without ever chiding his characters or dipping into mawkish sentimentality.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024
  • And the hints for today’s groups are: Yellow group — leader or main thing Green group — these can be prickly Blue group — mawkish movies, perhaps Purple group — these have a limit, some might say What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
Definition of mawkish
Adjective
  • The song feels all the more maudlin when Lily’s father kicks her door in and throws Atlas to the ground, nearly beating him to death.
    Coleman Spilde, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Advertisement Lindsay-Abaire’s book and lyrics and Tesori’s peppy Broadway pop music have a madcap streak that resists ever being maudlin.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of maudlin
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