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sob

/sɒb/

/sɑb/

sobnoun

sobs

/sɒb/

/sɑb/

Translations

рыдание

Her sobs could be heard from the next room.

Её рыдания были слышны из соседней комнаты.

Additional translations

плач

всхлипывание

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

sobverb

sobbed

Past Simple

sobbed

Past Participle

sobbing

Gerund

/sɒb/

/sɑb/

Translations

рыдать

She began to sob uncontrollably after hearing the news.

Она начала рыдать безудержно после того, как услышала новости.

Additional translations

всхлипывать

вопить

реветь

Definitions

To cry noisily, making loud, convulsive gasps.

She began to sob uncontrollably after hearing the tragic news.

Synonyms

sobinterjection

/sɒb/

/sɑb/

Used in writing to represent the sound of sobbing.

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

sobadjective

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

Definitions

Intended to be sentimental and to arouse pity or sympathy.

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