Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Wet; soppy, as land.

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  • adjective Very sad; inclined to sob
  • adjective by extension Dripping wet

Etymologies

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sob +‎ -y

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Examples

  • We see people who have been gone from home about two weeks go all sobby and sickly over letters from people they probably avoid for more than that when they are at home.

    Tallulah Morehead: Survivor: Tocantins: Tooth or Consequences. 2009

  • And yeah, I think it probably would hit the poor the hardest not to get all sobby-liberal on you.

    Sin taxes. An idea whose time has come and stayed « Dating Jesus 2009

  • There's the sobby, hysterical, "He's not really dead, everything's just like it used to be!", kinda guy.

    Present At The Destruction 2009

  • There were lengthy sobby poems about fallen Marines guarding the gates to Heaven with orders to DON'T DELETE!

    Deanie Mills: Military Mom: The Loneliness Of Speaking The Truth On Iraq 2008

  • What a week for Britney Spears – a new album, an X Factor appearance and an uncomfortably sobby documentary.

    Britney Spears Wants To Go Plastic 2008

  • I also got a little misty eyed from Bones, but not sobby.

    dailycomic Diary Entry dailycomic 2008

  • He had to be all sobby and grateful and then do a little re-proposal at the end of the fashion show, blabbing irrelevantly about how much he loved her, which he obviously did -- whether she was wearing jeans and T-shirts or the little dresses that the show insisted she wear to highlight her feminity.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Ann Althouse 2007

  • Then after he has made a success of comedy, or if he is sure he can't write anything but sobby playlets, let him try to make an audience weep.

    Writing for Vaudeville Brett Page

  • 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.

    The Battle Ground Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909

  • 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.

    Old Gorgon Graham Lorimer, George H 1903

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