sobbing

About 1.81 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of sob
2. noun Act of one who sobs; a crying or weeping.
3. adjective That or who sobs.

   a sobbing child

Similar words

weeping crying mourning bawling blubbering wailing sniveling boohooing howling yowling

Often followed by

and in as with of on uncontrollably into like

Word family

sob sobbed sobs