sobs
Gasping grief sounds
Sobs are convulsive breaths that accompany crying—the audible, gasping sounds of weeping: Her sobs echoed through the empty house.
To sob is to cry in this way, with heaving chest and broken breathing: He sobbed into his pillow.
Sobbing suggests deeper grief than mere tears.
Violent pulls apart
- weepingShedding tears audibly
- wailProlonged mournful cry
- bawlCry noisily and hard
- snivelWeep while complaining
whimper · sniffle · blubbering · heaving · gasping · choking · gulping · hiccuping
Intense mental suffering
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- painBodily or emotional distress
misery · despair · trauma · hopelessness · overwhelmed · distraught · despondent · wretched
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- funeralService honoring the dead
- deathCessation of life
widow · orphan · condolences · eulogy · memorial · graveside · keening · lamenting
Denial of acceptance
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
jilted · spurned · lovelorn · brokenhearted · devastated · heartache · breakup · divorce
tears
Violent pulls apart
snivel · whimper · sniffle · blubbering · heaving · gasping · choking · gulping · hiccuping · shuddering
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
pain · misery · despair · trauma · hopelessness · overwhelmed · distraught · despondent · wretched · forlorn
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- funeralService honoring the dead
death · widow · orphan · condolences · eulogy · memorial · graveside · keening · lamenting · bereaved
rejection
Denial of acceptance
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
unrequited · jilted · spurned · lovelorn · brokenhearted · devastated · heartache · breakup · divorce · separation
sobslaughs
Vocal expressions of amusement
giggles · guffaws · chuckles · cackles · belly laughs
sobscomposure
Emotional self-control
stoicism · equanimity · calm · serenity · self-control
- sob storyPitiful excuse for sympathy
- sob storiesAccounts meant to elicit pity
- sob uncontrollably
- sob sisterWriter of emotional appeals