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sob story
sob storyn.1. A tale of personal hardship or misfortune intended to arouse pity.2. A maudlin plea given as an explanation or a rationalization.sob story n a tale of personal distress intended to arouse sympathy, esp one offered as an excuse or apology sob′ sto`ry
n. 1. an excessively sentimental human-interest story. 2. an alibi or excuse, esp. one designed to arouse sympathy. [1915–20] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | sob story - a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathysob stuffnarration, narrative, story, tale - a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" |
Translationssob story
sob storyA sad story told in an attempt to generate sympathy for the storyteller. Don't come in tomorrow without your final project. I don't want to hear any sob stories about how you forgot it at home.See also: sob, storysob storyFig. a sad story that is likely to draw tears. I've heard nothing but sob stories today. Isn't anybody happy? She had quite a sob story, and I listened to the whole thing.See also: sob, storysob storyA tale of personal hardship, true or invented, that is intended to arouse pity in the listener. For example, She always came up with some sob story to excuse her absences, but no one believed her . [Early 1900s] See also: sob, storya ˈsob story (informal, disapproving) a story that somebody tells you so that you will feel sorry for them, especially one that does not have that effect or is not true: Then she gave me another of her sob stories, this time about an argument with her boyfriend.See also: sob, storysob story n. a sad story that is likely to draw tears. I’ve heard nothing but sob stories today. Isn’t anybody happy? See also: sob, storysob storyAn oversentimental tale; a tearjerker. This expression from the early twentieth century presumably represents a reaction to Victorian sentimentality. C. E. Montague used it in Fiery Particles (1923): “Thomas Curtayne, the greatest of Irishmen, was to be buried in homely state. . . . Here was a sob story.” A roughly contemporary term is sob sister, a woman reporter who writes stories full of sentimental pathos. This expression, however, is obsolescent.See also: sob, storysob story
Synonyms for sob storynoun a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distressSynonymsRelated Words- narration
- narrative
- story
- tale
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