Sobbed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sob \Sob\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sobbed} (s[o^]bd); p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Sobbing}.] [OE. sobben; akin to AS. se['o]fian,
     si['o]fian, to complain, bewail, se['o]fung, si['o]fung,
     sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. s[=u]ft[=o]n, s[=u]ftj[=o]n,
     to sigh, MHG. siuften, siufzen, G. seufzen, MHG. s[=u]ft a
     sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from s[=u]fen to


     drink, OHG. s[=u]fan. Cf. {Sup}.]
     To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind
     of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a
     convulsive drawing in of the breath.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger.
                                                    --Bacon.
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           She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair.
           She rent her garments, and she tore her hair. --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sobbed
       See {sob}