"sobbing" meaning in English

See sobbing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɒbɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɑbɪŋ/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɒbɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sobbing (not comparable)
  1. That or who sobs. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: crying Translations (that or who sobs): wenend (Dutch), snotterend (Dutch), nyyhkivä (Finnish), nyyhkyttävä (Finnish), sanglotant [masculine] (French), sanglotante [feminine] (French), sollozante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sobbing-en-adj-ZxYXi6U9

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɒbɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɑbɪŋ/ [General-American] Forms: sobbings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒbɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sobbing (countable and uncountable, plural sobbings)
  1. Act of one who sobs; a crying or weeping. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: crying, sobs Translations (action of the verb "to sob"): ридание (ridanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), хлипане (hlipane) (Bulgarian), nyyhkytys (Finnish), sanglotement [masculine] (French), choro [masculine] (Galician), choremia [feminine] (Galician), Schluchzen [masculine] (German), zokogás (Hungarian), singultus [masculine] (Latin), snufsing [masculine] (Norwegian), всхли́пывание (vsxlípyvanije) [neuter] (Russian), sollozo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sobbing-en-noun-FXyFxYTy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 73 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 59 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 61 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 55 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 26 56 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 55 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 57 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 26 55 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 57 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 30 52 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 21 65 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 26 55 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 65 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 73 11

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɒbɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɑbɪŋ/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɒbɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sobbing
  1. present participle and gerund of sob Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sob
    Sense id: en-sobbing-en-verb-lV~tdal8

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "sobbing",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sob‧bing"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "sob"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of sob"
      ],
      "id": "en-sobbing-en-verb-lV~tdal8",
      "links": [
        [
          "sob",
          "sob#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɒbɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɑbɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒbɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sobbing"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sobbings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "sobbing (countable and uncountable, plural sobbings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sob‧bing"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 73 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 59 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 61 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 55 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 56 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 55 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 57 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 55 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 57 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 52 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 65 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 55 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 65 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 73 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Act of one who sobs; a crying or weeping."
      ],
      "id": "en-sobbing-en-noun-FXyFxYTy",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "crying"
        },
        {
          "word": "sobs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ridanie",
          "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ридание"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hlipane",
          "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
          "word": "хлипане"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
          "word": "nyyhkytys"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sanglotement"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "choro"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "choremia"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schluchzen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
          "word": "zokogás"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "singultus"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "snufsing"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vsxlípyvanije",
          "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "всхли́пывание"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sollozo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɒbɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɑbɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒbɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sobbing"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "sobbing (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sob‧bing"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a sobbing child",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 69:",
          "text": "Moſs is to be rubb'd and ſcrap'd off with ſome fit inſtrument of Wood, which may not excorticate the Tree, or with a piece of Hair-cloth after a ſobbing Rain: [...]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That or who sobs."
      ],
      "id": "en-sobbing-en-adj-ZxYXi6U9",
      "links": [
        [
          "sobs",
          "sob#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "crying"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "that or who sobs",
          "word": "wenend"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "that or who sobs",
          "word": "snotterend"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that or who sobs",
          "word": "nyyhkivä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that or who sobs",
          "word": "nyyhkyttävä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "that or who sobs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sanglotant"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "that or who sobs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sanglotante"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "that or who sobs",
          "word": "sollozante"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɒbɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɑbɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒbɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sobbing"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒbɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒbɪŋ/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "sobbing",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sob‧bing"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "sob"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of sob"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sob",
          "sob#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɒbɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɑbɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒbɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sobbing"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒbɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒbɪŋ/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sobbings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "sobbing (countable and uncountable, plural sobbings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sob‧bing"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Act of one who sobs; a crying or weeping."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "crying"
        },
        {
          "word": "sobs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɒbɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɑbɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒbɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ridanie",
      "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ридание"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hlipane",
      "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
      "word": "хлипане"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
      "word": "nyyhkytys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sanglotement"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "choro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "choremia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schluchzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
      "word": "zokogás"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "singultus"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snufsing"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vsxlípyvanije",
      "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "всхли́пывание"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "action of the verb \"to sob\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sollozo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sobbing"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒbɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒbɪŋ/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "sobbing (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sob‧bing"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a sobbing child",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 69:",
          "text": "Moſs is to be rubb'd and ſcrap'd off with ſome fit inſtrument of Wood, which may not excorticate the Tree, or with a piece of Hair-cloth after a ſobbing Rain: [...]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That or who sobs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sobs",
          "sob#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "crying"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɒbɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɑbɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒbɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that or who sobs",
      "word": "wenend"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that or who sobs",
      "word": "snotterend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that or who sobs",
      "word": "nyyhkivä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that or who sobs",
      "word": "nyyhkyttävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that or who sobs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sanglotant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that or who sobs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sanglotante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that or who sobs",
      "word": "sollozante"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sobbing"
}

Download raw JSONL data for sobbing meaning in English (6.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-09-20 using wiktextract (af5c55c and 66545a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.