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Definition of Sob
1. Noun. A dyspneic condition.
Generic synonyms: Dyspnea, Dyspnoea
Derivative terms: Breathless, Breathless
2. Verb. Weep convulsively. "He was sobbing inconsolably"
3. Noun. Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous.
Language type: Dirty Word, Filth, Obscenity, Smut, Vulgarism
Generic synonyms: Disagreeable Person, Unpleasant Person
4. Noun. Convulsive gasp made while weeping.
Definition of Sob
1. v. t. To soak.
2. v. i. To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.
3. n. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
Definition of Sob
1. to cry with a convulsive catching of the breath [v SOBBED, SOBBING, SOBS]
Medical Definition of Sob
1. 1. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow. "Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath." (Dryden) 2. Any sorrowful cry or sound. "The tremulous sob of the complaining owl." (Wordsworth) To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath. "Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger." (Bacon) "She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair. She rent her garments, and she tore her hair." (Dryden) Origin: OE. Sobben; akin to AS. Seofian, siofian, to complain, bewail, seofung, siofung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. Sfton, sftn, to sigh, MHG. Siuften, siufzen, G. Seufzen, MHG. Sft a sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from sfen to drink, OHG. Sfan. Cf. Sup. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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