sobby

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Very sad

   Very sad; inclined to sob (weep with convulsive gasps).

   • It began, 'Where is my wandering boy to-night?' and by the time she was through I was feeling so mushy and sobby that I put a five instead of a one into the plate by mistake.
   • Every piece of furniture, from the threadbare sofa to the rickety center table, seems kind of sad and sobby.
2. 2

   Resembling or characteristic of a sob.

   • a sobby sound
3. 3

   That has been sobbed (soaked)

   That has been sobbed (soaked); saturated with moisture.

   • Nobody knows who he was; but no matter how wet the leaves, how sobby the twigs, no matter if there was no fire in a mile of the camp, that fellow could start one.
   • The woman served him sullenly, placing some sobby biscuits and a piece of cold bacon on his plate, and pouring out a glass of buttermilk with a vicious thrust of the pitcher.

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