SOB STORY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy

Synonyms:

sob story; sob stuff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sob story" is a kind of...):

narration; 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)

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