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Synonyms for blubber

Most common

shed tears wail sniffle blub

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Cry — to cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob

cry, weep, shed tears, wail, burst into tears, whine, whimper, greet

Noun

Other

sobber

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob.

  2. v. 2

    Often followed by out: to cry out (words) while sobbing.

  3. n. 1

    A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).

Related words

Word family
blub blubberer blubbery blubbo
Phrases
sea blubber
Is a kind of
crier weeper

Forms

Plural
blubbers → fats, fatnesses, avoirdupoises, sobbers…
Past participle
blubbered
e.g. blubbered → weeped, wailed, whined, whimpered…

Example sentences

  • wail Yanni heard a police car briefly wail its siren outside.
  • sniffle Don't sniffle, please quickly blow your nose.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
blubberrising
wailrising
snifflerising
blubrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
fat1, cry1
4 letters
weep1, wail1, blub
5 letters
greet1, whine1
6 letters
snivel, sobber
7 letters
whimper2, fatness, sniffle2, snuffle
11 letters
avoirdupois

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (whimper2 = 2 syllables).

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