sob

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: shortness of breathSOBbreathlessnessassholebastardcocksuckerdickheadshitmother fuckermotherfuckerprickwhoreson

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a dyspneic conditionSynonyms: shortness of breathSOBbreathlessness
  2. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculousSynonyms: assholebastardcocksuckerdickheadshitmother fuckermotherfuckerprickwhoresonson of a bitchSOB
  3. convulsive gasp made while weepingSynonyms: sobbing

Verb (1)

  1. weep convulsively“He was sobbing inconsolably”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sob \Sob\ (s[o^]b), v. t. [See Sop.] To soak. [Obs.] --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair. She rent her garments, and she tore her hair. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Sob \Sob\, n.

1.The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow. [1913 Webster]

Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.Any sorrowful cry or sound. [1913 Webster]

The tremulous sob of the complaining owl.— Wordsworth.[1913 Webster]
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