Synonyms of the word

sniffle

• v. (intransitive) To make a whimpering or sniffing sound when breathing because of a runny nose.
• n. The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or wet nose, as from a cold or allergies.

blub

• v. To cry, whine or blubber (usually carries a connotation of disapproval).
• v. (obsolete) To swell; to puff out, as with weeping.
• n. The act of blubbing.
• adj. (attributively) Swollen, puffed, protruding.

blubber

• n. A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis.
• n. Fatty tissue.
• n. The thick coat of fat worn by many arctic animals, such as sea lions, and antarctic animals, such as penguins;…
• n. (obsolete) A bubble.
• v. To make noises or broken words while crying.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.

breathing

• v. present participle of breathe.
• n. The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
• n. A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
• n. (archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
• n. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.
• n. Aspiration; secret prayer.

cry

• v. (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
• v. (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
• v. (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
• v. (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
• v. To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found,…
• v. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
• n. A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
• n. A shout or scream.
• n. Words shouted or screamed.
• n. (collectively) A group of hounds.
• n. (obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
• n. (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
• n. A desperate or urgent request.
• n. (obsolete) Common report; gossip.

inhale

• v. (intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
• v. (transitive) To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form…
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To eat very quickly.

inspire

• v. (transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural…
• v. (transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what…
• v. (intransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
• v. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
• v. (transitive) To spread rumour indirectly.

respiration

• n. The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.
• n. An act of breathing; a breath.
• n. Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
• n. The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon…

sniff

• n. An instance of sniffing.
• n. A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose.
• n. (colloquial) A brief perception, or tiny amount.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as if to smell something.
• v. To say something while sniffing, for example in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
• v. (transitive) To perceive vaguely.
• v. To be dismissive or contemptuous of something.
• v. (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
• v. (slang, Britain) To inhale drugs in powder form (usually cocaine) through the nose.
• interj. A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying.

snivel

• v. To breathe heavily through the nose; to sniffle.
• v. To whine or complain, whilst crying.
• n. the act of snivelling.
• n. nasal mucus; snot.

snuffle

• v. (intransitive) To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
• v. (intransitive) To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to…
• n. An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.

ventilation

• n. The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
• n. The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.
• n. An exchange of views during a discussion.
• n. The bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent…
• n. (medicine) The mechanical system used to assist breathing.

weep

• v. To cry; shed tears.
• v. To lament; to complain.
• v. (medicine, of a wound or sore) To produce secretions.
• v. To flow in drops; to run in drops.
• v. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To weep over; to bewail.
• n. The lapwing; the wipe.