blubbering
Weeping with noise
Blubbering is crying noisily and uncontrollably, with heaving sobs and often unintelligible speech.
The word carries a slightly dismissive or unsympathetic tone—you're more likely to describe someone else as blubbering than yourself: He was blubbering so hard I couldn't understand a word.
Children blubber; adults who do so may be seen as having lost composure.
Convulsive crying aloud
- weepingShedding tears audibly
- bawlingCrying noisily and hard
- snivelingTearful, pitiful complaining
- tearsViolent pulls apart
wailing · whimpering · cry · tearful · weepy · emotional · distraught · anguish
Prolonged nasal complaining
- moaningProlonged sound of distress
- snivelingTearful, pitiful complaining
- whimperingCrying weakly, softly
- fussingAnxious, trivial agitation
grousing · grumbling · kvetching · griping · bellyaching · incoherent · pathetic · self-pitying
sobbing
Convulsive crying aloud
tears · wailing · whimpering · cry · tearful · weepy · emotional · distraught · anguish · grief
whining
Prolonged nasal complaining
- moaningProlonged sound of distress
- snivelingTearful, pitiful complaining
- whimperingCrying weakly, softly
fussing · grousing · grumbling · kvetching · griping · bellyaching · incoherent · pathetic · self-pitying · carrying-on
blubberinglaughing
Making sounds of amusement
giggling · cackling · guffawing · chuckling · snickering
blubberingstoic
Uncomplaining endurer of hardship
composed · unflappable · impassive · stone-faced · poker-faced