From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sobbing \Sob"bing\, noun A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sob \Sob\, verb (used without an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: convulsive gasp made while weeping [syn: {sob}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "sobbing": bawling, blubbering, cry, crying, dissolved in tears, fit of crying, flood of tears, good cry, greet, in tears, lachryma, lachrymal, lachrymose, lachrymosity, lacrimatory, melting mood, moaning, overflowing eyes, ready to cry, sigh, sighing, sniveling, soughing, tear, tear bottle, teardrop, tearful, tearful eyes, tearfulness, tears, teary, weepiness, weeping, weepy, whimpering, whining, with eyes suffused
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