Sob

//ˌɛs oʊ ˈbi//

Synonyms for "sob" (131 found)

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Closest matches (27)

asshole bark bastard bawl bellow blare blat blubber boohoo boom bray break down breathe bugger burst into tears buzz cackle chant chirp coo

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creep crow cry

Noun(4 words)

asshole bastard breathlessness cocksucker

Strong matches (39)

Noun(4 words)

dickhead dyspnea mother fucker motherfucker

dissolve in tears dolorous tirade drawl drone drop a tear exclaim fart flute gabble gasp gibber greet groan growl grunt heel hiss hood hooligan howl

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jabber jeremiad jerk keen lament lilt louse maunder meanie moan mother mouth mumble murmur mutter

Related words (65)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

9 entries

cry crying disagreeable person dyspnea dyspnoea tears unpleasant person weep weeping

Antonyms

1 entries

smile

Synonyms

2 entries

asshole shortness of breath

derived

5 entries

sob sister sob story sob stuff sobby

etymologically related_to

1 entries

sop

has context

2 entries

slang vulgar

is a

1 entries

crying

manner of

1 entries

cry

related to

40 entries

action again backwards boss boss backwards convulsive cry cry hard cry heavily cry quietly crying crying action crying again deep deep crying emotion

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Translations

148 translations across 45 languages.

Arabic

3 entries

شهقة noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
شهيق noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
شَهِقَ verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

hıçqıraraq ağlamaq verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
hıçqırmaq verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
hıçqırıq çəkmək verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
içini çəkmək verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Bulgarian

4 entries

ридание noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
говоря през сълзи verb (say (something) while sobbing)
ридая verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
хлипам verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Catalan

2 entries

sanglot noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
sanglotar verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

بەرانیسک noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
ھەنیسک noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)

Czech

2 entries

vzlykat verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
štkát verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Danish

4 entries

hulk noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
hulken noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
hulke verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
hulke verb (say (something) while sobbing)

Dutch

3 entries

snik noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
snikken verb (say (something) while sobbing)
snotteren verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Esperanto

3 entries

ĝemploro noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
ploregi verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
ĝemplori verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Faroese

2 entries

higst noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
higsta verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Finnish

4 entries

nyyhkytys noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
nyyhkäys noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
nyyhkyttää verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
nyyhkyttää verb (say (something) while sobbing)

French

4 entries

fdp noun (son of a bitch (abbreviation))
sanglot noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
dire en sanglotant verb (say (something) while sobbing)
sangloter verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Friulian

2 entries

sangloç noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
sangloçâ verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Galician

3 entries

salouco noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
choricar verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
saloucar verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

German

4 entries

Huso noun (son of a bitch (abbreviation))
Schluchzen noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
Schluchzer noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
schluchzen verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Greek

3 entries

αναφιλητό noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
λυγμός noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
κλαίω με λυγμούς verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Hungarian

2 entries

zokogás noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
zokog verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Icelandic

4 entries

andvarp noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
ekkasog noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
ekki noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
snökkt noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)

Irish

1 entries

cuach noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)

Italian

2 entries

singhiozzo noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
singhiozzare verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Japanese

2 entries

すすり泣き noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
啜り泣く verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Laki

1 entries

ڤِرەنِسک noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)

Latin

1 entries

singultus noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)

Latvian

4 entries

elsas noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
šņuksti noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
elsot verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
šņukstēt verb (say (something) while sobbing)

Macedonian

1 entries

липа verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Māori

4 entries

horu verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
horuhoru verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
hotu verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
hotuhotu verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Occitan

2 entries

samucar verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
saumucar verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Persian

4 entries

هق noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
هقهق noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
هقگفتن verb (say (something) while sobbing)
هقیدن verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Polish

4 entries

szloch noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
szlochanie noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
łkanie noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
szlochać verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Portuguese

3 entries

fdp noun (son of a bitch (abbreviation))
soluço noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
soluçar verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Quechua

1 entries

hik'ipakuy verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Romanian

3 entries

suspin noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
boci verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
hohoti verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Romansch

4 entries

sangluot noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
sanglut noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
singlot noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
singluot noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)

Russian

4 entries

всхли́пывание noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
рыда́ние noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
всхли́пнуть verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
всхли́пывать verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

jecanje noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
jȅcāj noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
је̏ца̄ј noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
jecati verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Sicilian

4 entries

sigghiuzzu noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
sigliuzzu noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
sugghiuzzu noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
sugliuzzu noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)

Slovene

2 entries

ihta noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
ihteti verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Southern Kurdish

1 entries

وەرەنیسک noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)

Spanish

4 entries

hdp noun (son of a bitch (abbreviation))
llanto noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
sollozo noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
llantear (disused) verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Swedish

3 entries

snyft noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
snyftning noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
snyfta verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Tagalog

1 entries

hikbi noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)

Thai

1 entries

บ้าจริง noun (son of a bitch (abbreviation))

Ukrainian

4 entries

реві́ння noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
рида́ння noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
реві́ти verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
рида́ти verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Venetan

4 entries

sangiot noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
sangioto noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
sangiut noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
sangiuto noun (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)

Vietnamese

3 entries

khóc hu hu verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
khóc thổn thức verb (weep with convulsive gasps)
thổn thức verb (weep with convulsive gasps)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The movie is a stereotyped sob story.

Source: tatoeba (49557)

The poor little girl did nothing but sob all day.

Source: tatoeba (63449)

Oh please, spare me the sob story.

Source: tatoeba (569061)

The boy started to sob.

Source: tatoeba (1934871)

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