sob story

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

(informal, disapproving) a story that sb tells you just to make you feel sorry for them, especially one that does not have that effect or is not true

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

sob storyEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary sob storyEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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soap powder soapstone soapsuds soapy soar soaraway sob SOB sober sobering sobriety

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