sob

1. 1.

   weep convulsively

   “He was sobbing inconsolably”

   Broadercry

Other forms of sob

plural

sobs·

past tense or participle

sobbed

present participle

sobbing

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sob

What does sob mean?

sob means "a dyspneic condition". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sob?

sob has 1 syllable: sob. In IPA it is /ˈsɑb/.

What is another word for sob?

Close synonyms include shortness of breath, breathlessness, asshole, bastard, cocksucker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sob a common word?

sob is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.