blubbed
Cried like baby
Blubbed is the past tense of blub, British informal for crying noisily or uncontrollably.
It's a shortened form of blubber used as a verb: She blubbed through the whole funeral.
The word carries a slightly dismissive or self-deprecating tone, often describing messy, childlike weeping rather than dignified tears.
Wept audibly and convulsively
- weptCried audibly
- bawledWept noisily, uncontrollably
- wailedCried out mournfully
- whimperedCried softly, weakly
sniveled · howled · sniffled · mewled · keened · tears · gulping · shuddering
Expressed sorrow for deceased
- lamentedExpressed grief vocally
- grievedFelt deep sorrow
- bereavedDeprived by death
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
bereft · sorrowful · anguished · despairing · woeful · heavyhearted · forlorn · loss
No longer functioning
- crumbledBroke into particles
- unraveledCame undone or solved
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- inconsolableUnable to be comforted
hysterical · distraught · anguished · gut-wrenching · brokenhearted · devastated · overcome · convulsed
sobbed
Wept audibly and convulsively
whimpered · sniveled · howled · sniffled · mewled · keened · tears · gulping · shuddering · quivering
mourned
Expressed sorrow for deceased
heartbroken · bereft · sorrowful · anguished · despairing · woeful · heavyhearted · forlorn · loss · bereavement
broke-down
No longer functioning
- crumbledBroke into particles
- unraveledCame undone or solved
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
inconsolable · hysterical · distraught · anguished · gut-wrenching · brokenhearted · devastated · overcome · convulsed · dissolved
blubbedlaughed
Vocalized mirth
held it together · giggled · chuckled · dry eyes · guffawed
- whale blubberSubcutaneous cetacean adipose tissue
blubber, blubbery, blubbering, blubbered, blubberer, blubbing