Sobbing
Sobbing noun - Convulsive gasp made while weeping.
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Unhappy and sobbing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unhappy" instead an adjective "Sobbing".
Nearby Word: sobbed
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This could double as a Crowning Moment of Funny... but not for their leader, the unhappy General Cantankerus:Cantankerus: (sobbing) They're all quite thick, and I'm their leader!
Source: Comic Book / Astérix - Subverted in Phone Booth when the villain, while on the phone with Stu, starts sobbing and tells him that he had an unhappy childhood... then when Stu starts to believe him, he laughs and tells Stu that he actually had a very happy childhood.
Source: Freudian Excuse / Film -
Whether she suffered from alcoholism before being married off to Carno or whether she started drinking heavily soon after their marriage as a result of his abuse is unclear, but either way she was clearly unhappy as it's her spirit you hear (but don't see) sobbing in the wine cellar.
Source: The Alcoholic
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Unhappy and Sobbing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/sobbing/unhappy
Sobbing & Unhappy. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/sobbing/unhappy>.
Unhappy or Sobbing. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/sobbing/unhappy.
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