sobby

adjective3

1. •
   Very sad; inclined to sob (weep with convulsive gasps).

   • It began, 'Where is my wandering boy to-night?' and by the time she was through I was feeling so mushy and sobby that I put a five instead of a one into the plate by mistake. — 1903
2. •
   Resembling or characteristic of a sob.
3. •
   (no longer used) That has been sobbed (soaked); saturated with moisture.

   • Nobody knows who he was; but no matter how wet the leaves, how sobby the twigs, no matter if there was no fire in a mile of the camp, that fellow could start one. — 1882