sniffle
verb [I] /ˈsnɪf.l̩/ (also snuffle)Definition
› to breathe in quickly and repeatedly through the nose, usually because you are crying or because you have a cold: You're sniffling a lot today - have you got a cold?Weeping and cryingColds and fluFevers and infectious diseases
(Definition of sniffle verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bawl verb (CRY)
- blubber verb
- boohoo exclamation
- burst out laughing/crying idiom
- crocodile tears noun
- crumple verb
- cry-baby noun
- lachrymose adjective
- mist (sth) over/up phrasal verb
- misty-eyed adjective
- not a dry eye in the house idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- snivel verb
- tear noun 2
- teardrop noun
- weep buckets idiom
- weep verb (CRY)
- weepy adjective
- weepy noun
- wept verb
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Weeping and crying
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