Synonyms of sob

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verb

ˈsäb 

as in to cry

to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress

the child sobbed when she found the dead frog

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cry
• weep
• scream
• bawl
• grieve
• blub
• blubber
• whimper
• whine
• mourn
• groan
• lament
• sniffle
• moan
• sigh
• howl
• wail
• squall
• greet
• snivel
• mewl
• keen
• bleat
• yowl
• pule

sob

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noun

as in tears

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tears
• cry
• groan
• wail
• lamentation
• weeping
• moan
• howl
• suffering
• mourning
• lament
• plaint
• keen
• regret
• sorrowing
• grieving
• protest
• sorrow
• outcry
• agonizing
• grief
• anguish
• hand-wringing
• heartbreak
• woe
• heartache
• complaint
• cri de coeur
• dolor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoicing
• exultation
• smiling
• laughing
• cheering

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of sob

Verb

The teen slumped in a chair, sobbing, in a Los Angeles Police Department interrogation room. —Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024

Any millennial pop-culture enthusiast worth their salt sobbed over the ending of Stepmom (1998), when Susan Sarandon’s dying mother insists on taking a family photo that includes the young stepmother (Julia Roberts) she’s given grief to throughout the movie. —Eliza Berman, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024

Noun

My wife screams, cries and sobs during these conversations. —Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024

Everyone else at the rehearsal dinner was as shocked as the bride-to-be, as shown by the reactions of her sister by her side at the dinner table, and later in the video, by her grandparents' heartfelt sobs. —Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024