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sob

/sɒb/

/sɑb/

Translations

sobnoun

sobs

/sɒb/

/sɑb/

sanglot

Her sobs could be heard from the next room as she mourned her loss.

Ses sanglots s'entendaient depuis la pièce voisine pendant qu'elle pleurait sa perte.

sanglotSens courant pour désigner un sanglot ou une plainte étouffée.

A muffled sob escaped her lips.

Un sanglot étouffé s'échappa de ses lèvres.

Synonyms

sobverb

sobbed

Past Simple

sobbed

Past Participle

sobbing

Gerund

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sangloter

She began to sob uncontrollably after hearing the tragic news.

Elle a commencé à sangloter de façon incontrôlable après avoir appris la nouvelle tragique.

Synonyms

sobinterjection

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Used in writing to represent the sound of sobbing.

snifOnomatopée employée dans le dialogue ou les textes familiers pour imiter un sanglot.

"I can't believe it's gone, sob!" she wrote in her diary.

"Je n'arrive pas à croire que ce soit perdu, snif !" a-t-elle écrit dans son journal.

Synonyms

sobadjective

Attributive use meaning ‘designed to elicit sympathy; sentimental’ (e.g., ‘sob story’).

larmoyantSe dit d'un texte, d'une histoire ou d'un style cherchant à susciter la pitié ou la sympathie.

The tabloid ran a sob story about the actor's troubled childhood.

Le tabloïd a publié une histoire larmoyante sur l'enfance difficile de l'acteur.

Definitions

sobnoun

A convulsive gasp made while crying.

Her sobs could be heard from the next room as she mourned her loss.

An act or instance of sobbing; the sound produced while crying.

A muffled sob escaped her lips.

sobverb

To cry noisily, making loud, convulsive gasps.

She began to sob uncontrollably after hearing the tragic news.

sobinterjection

Used to represent or imitate the sound of someone sobbing, especially in written dialogue.

"I can't believe it's gone, sob!" she wrote in her diary.

sobadjective

Intended to be sentimental and to arouse pity or sympathy.

The tabloid ran a sob story about the actor's troubled childhood.