sobbing
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒbɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑbɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɒbɪŋ
- Hyphenation: sob‧bing
Verb edit
sobbing
- present participle and gerund of sob
Noun edit
sobbing (countable and uncountable, plural sobbings)
Translations edit
action of the verb "to sob"
Adjective edit
sobbing (not comparable)
- That or who sobs.
- Synonym: crying
- a sobbing child
- 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 69:
- Moſs is to be rubb'd and ſcrap'd off with ſome fit inſtrument of Wood, which may not excorticate the Tree, or with a piece of Hair-cloth after a ſobbing Rain: [...]
Translations edit
that or who sobs
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