sobbing

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒbɪŋ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑbɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɒbɪŋ
Hyphenation: sob‧bing

Verb

sobbing

present participle and gerund of sob

Noun

sobbing (countable and uncountable, plural sobbings)

Act of one who sobs; a crying or weeping.
Synonyms: crying, sobs

Translations

action of the verb "to sob"

Bulgarian: ридание (bg) n (ridanie), хлипане (hlipane)
Finnish: nyyhkytys (fi)
French: sanglotement (fr) m
Galician: choro m, choremia f
German: Schluchzen m
Hungarian: zokogás (hu)
Latin: singultus m
Norwegian: snufsing m
Russian: всхли́пывание (ru) n (vsxlípyvanije)
Spanish: sollozo (es) m

Adjective

sobbing (not comparable)

That or who sobs.
Synonym: crying

a sobbing child
- 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 69:
  Moſs is to be rubb'd and ſcrap'd off with ſome fit inſtrument of Wood, which may not excorticate the Tree, or with a piece of Hair-cloth after a ſobbing Rain: [...]

Translations

that or who sobs

Dutch: wenend (nl), snotterend (nl)
Finnish: nyyhkivä, nyyhkyttävä (fi)
French: sanglotant (fr) m, sanglotante (fr) f
Spanish: sollozante (es)

Anagrams

Gibbons, gibbons, gobbins

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