Crossword clues for sobbing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sobbing \Sob"bing\, n. A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.
Sob \Sob\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sobbed (s[o^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sobbing.] [OE. sobben; akin to AS. se['o]fian, si['o]fian, to complain, bewail, se['o]fung, si['o]fung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. s[=u]ft[=o]n, s[=u]ftj[=o]n, to sigh, MHG. siuften, siufzen, G. seufzen, MHG. s[=u]ft a sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from s[=u]fen to drink, OHG. s[=u]fan. Cf. Sup.] To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.
Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger.
--Bacon.
She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair.
She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
That or who sobs. n. Action of the verb '''to sob'''. v
(present participle of sob English)
WordNet
n. convulsive gasp made while weeping [syn: sob]
See sob
Usage examples of "sobbing".
So that my sorrowing spirites exasperated with an amorous desire and extreame vexation, continually burning in my panting breast, coulde by no meanes bee asswaged, but with supping vp of continuall sobbings, and breathing out of their flying losse.
In his memory is a vast library of recordings of the music that he likes best: the cries and squeals, the prayerful whispers, the shrieks as thin as paper cuts, the pulsatory sobbings for mercy, and the erotic inducements of final desperations.
Thereupon lo, the King descended from his throne, and stripped to the loins, flinging away his glittering crown and his robes, and abased himself to the dust with loud cries and importunities and howls, and penitential ejaculations and sobbings.
There was a pause, then we herd muffled sobbings, mixed with pitiful ejaculations.
Grafton gave vent to her feelings in hysterical sobbings, and inarticulate murmurs of joy.