Sobby

Origin

sob + -y

Full definition of sobby

Adjective

1. Very sad; inclined to sob
• 1903, George Horace Lorimer, Old Gorgon Graham Chapter , 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.
• 1917, Sewell Ford, Wilt Thou Torchy Chapter , Every piece of furniture, from the threadbare sofa to the rickety center table, seems kind of sad and sobby.
2. (by extension) Dripping wet
• 1882, Carlton McCarthy, Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 Chapter , 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.
• 1902, Ellen Glasgow, The Battle Ground Chapter , 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.

Anagrams

• B-boys