blubbing

verb

present participle of blub, chiefly British
as in crying
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress the little girl was blubbing so uncontrollably that we couldn't understand what she was saying

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Recent Examples of blubbing And then Jack was blubbing at the end of the aisle! — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026 Topping them both would be star player Paul Gascoigne blubbing on the pitch after receiving a yellow card during a semi-final against West Germany that ruled him out of a potential final. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blubbing
  1. crying
  2. sobbing
  3. weeping
Verb
  • Three of his sons were recorded crying in the front row close to the coffins.
    — Marc Smith, NBC news, 6 July 2026
  • When some users suggested that the pictures were altered by AI, Decker simply dropped some laughing-crying face emojis.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Definition of crying
Verb
  • Carter, who returned to her dad's house from seeing a friend shortly after he was killed, can be seen in body cam footage sobbing as she is told by police that somebody in the house was dead.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • His aunt sat at the dining table, sobbing.
    — Claudia Boyd-Barrett, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Definition of sobbing
Verb
  • Petrescu looked over at Vidineac, who was weeping as the casket was lowered into the ground.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Rice was surrounded by her legal team and her family at the time of the reading and immediately started weeping with her face in her hands.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
Definition of weeping

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“Blubbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubbing. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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