sob-story
21sob story — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., slang, tearjerker, melodrama, human interest, mush (sl.), schmaltz (sl.); tale of woe, hard luck story. See feeling. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. tale of woe, heartbreaker, plea …
22sob story — tear jerking tale, very sad story …
23sob story — noun informal a story or account intended to arouse sympathy for the person relating it …
24sob story — Synonyms and related words: bathos, bleeding heart, cloyingness, goo, hearts and flowers, maudlinness, mawkishness, mush, mushiness, namby pamby, namby pambyism, namby pambyness, nostalgia, nostomania, oversentimentalism, oversentimentality,… …
25(a) sob story — a sad story that someone tells you about themselves in order to make you feel sympathy for them. She told me some sob story about not having enough money to go and see her father who was ill …
26sob — (v.) c.1200, probably of imitative origin, related to O.E. seofian to lament, O.H.G. sufan to draw breath, W.Fris. sobje to suck. Related: Sobbed; sobbing. The noun is attested from late 14c. Sob story is from 1913. Sob sister female journalist… …
27sob — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, great ▪ little, small ▪ loud ▪ quiet …
28sob stuff — noun a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy • Syn: ↑sob story • Hypernyms: ↑narrative, ↑narration, ↑story, ↑tale * * * noun : a sob story or other material designed to make a sentimen …
29story — noun 1 account of events/people, true or invented ADJECTIVE ▪ true ▪ plausible ▪ false, made up ▪ She told the police a false story about being attacked. ▪ …
30sob — v. & n. v. (sobbed, sobbing) 1 intr. draw breath in convulsive gasps usu. with weeping under mental distress or physical exhaustion. 2 tr. (usu. foll. by out) utter with sobs. 3 tr. bring (oneself) to a specified state by sobbing (sobbed… …
