Synonyms for sob
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : sob |
| Phonetic Transcription : sÉ’b |
Top 10 synonyms for sob Other synonyms for the word sob
Définition of sob
Origin :- c.1200, "to cry with short breaths," probably of imitative origin, related to Old English seofian "to lament," Old High German sufan "to draw breath," West Frisian sobje "to suck." Related: Sobbed; sobbing.
- verb cry hard
- Here she began to sob, as she fumbled at the door she could not see to open.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- She stopped breathlessly, with a break in her voice that sounded just short of a sob.
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
- It answered with a little exclamation, with a sob following close upon it.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- Failing that, she began to sob angrily without any tears in her wide eyes.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- And there are some things which are,' he stopped to sob, 'irreconcilable with that, and wound that—wound it deeply.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- It was a long, grieving sound, like a sigh—almost like a sob.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- He was shaken by so frightful a sob, that Guillaume could not restrain his own tears.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Her voice, which was little more than a whisper, was broken by a sob.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Then he once more began to sob, and all those about him shed tears.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Not a sob, not a convulsive movement, accompanied their flow.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
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