as in to cry
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee
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Recent Examples of blubber
Bowen Yang watched the final cut of Wicked with some of his Saturday Night Live costars — and the movie left them all a blubbering mess.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
And then raised the teacup to my lips to keep from blubbering.
—Alice McDermott, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
Stepping into the impossible shoes of Crispin Glover, Cole’s rubber-limbed George McFly has all the grace of a newborn foal, with a piercing chuckle that borders on blubbering.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
Until Beard plays them a compilation video of their time together, which has everyone blubbering and out of sorts to start the game.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
And then raised the teacup to my lips to keep from blubbering.
—Alice McDermott, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
Stepping into the impossible shoes of Crispin Glover, Cole’s rubber-limbed George McFly has all the grace of a newborn foal, with a piercing chuckle that borders on blubbering.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
Until Beard plays them a compilation video of their time together, which has everyone blubbering and out of sorts to start the game.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blubber
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Constant observation of these events on your social media can create a massive shock to the nervous system and a sense of disintegration and fragmentation, coupled with intense emotions such as crying, shallow breathing or lashing out.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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One family has a sick child who could be heard crying in the background during a call between Herischi and Panamanian officials.—
Yong Xiong, Michael Rios, CNN and Ivonne Valdés,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Some in the crowd sobbed as organizers played excerpts from Nasrallah's speeches.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
23 Feb. 2025
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Danielle literally falls to the ground, sobbing and hyperventilating.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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From an organic design marvel in Washington that would make Frank Lloyd Wright weep to a California cabañita in the trees, there are so many places to enjoy the great outdoors in an abundance of comfort.—
Rachel Fletcher,
Architectural Digest,
22 Feb. 2025
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Their adult children wept on the witness stand and spoke of their devastation.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Blubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubber. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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