The Clue
Show sorrow (3 letter answer)
The Answer
SOB
Tags
Notes
The answer SOB is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
Related Clues
Blubber
Cry
___ sister
Wail
Weep
Break down
Comics interjection
Cry with catches
Have a bawl
[I'm heartbroken!]
Kind of sister
Kind of story
Loudly lament
Melodramatic outburst
Turn on the waterworks
Type of sister
Type of story
Woeful sound
Blake Edwards movie
Cry out loud
Crying out loud?
Epithet used by H.S.T.
Kind of sister or story
Melodramatic response in comics
Utter jerk, rudely
What a tearjerker evokes
Word with sister and story
Blake Edwards movie: 1981
Turn on the waterworks, so to speak
Definition
SOB as a noun:
1. (shortness of breath, SOB, breathlessness) = a dyspneic condition
2. (asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB) = insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
3. (sob, sobbing) = convulsive gasp made while weeping
SOB as a verb:
1. weep convulsively; "He was sobbing inconsolably"