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bawl

verb

1 ‘Come on, Simon!’ he bawled:

shout, call out, cry out, cry, yell, roar, bellow, screech, scream, shriek, howl, whoop, bark, growl, snarl, bluster, vociferate, trumpet, thunder;

informal yammer;

North American, informal holler.

▷antonyms whisper.

2 the children continued to bawl:

cry, sob, weep, shed tears, wail, blubber, snivel, whimper, whine, howl, squall;

informal blub;

Scottish, informal greet;

rare ululate.

noun

he addressed the class in a terrifying bawl:

shout, yell, cry, roar, bellow, screech, scream, howl, whoop;

North American, informal holler.

▷antonyms whisper.

□ bawl someone out

informal

the Brigadier had been bawling him out:

reprimand, rebuke, scold, admonish, reprove, upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate, lambast, berate, lecture, criticize, take to task, read the Riot Act to, give a piece of one's mind to, haul over the coals;

informal tell off, give someone a telling-off, dress down, give someone a dressing-down, pitch into, lay into, lace into, blow up at, give someone an earful, give someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking;

British, informal have a go at, carpet, tear someone off a strip, give someone what for, let someone have it;

North American, informal chew out, ream out;

British, vulgar slang bollock, give someone a bollocking, tear someone a new arsehole, rip someone a new arsehole;

North American, vulgar slang tear someone a new asshole, rip someone a new asshole.

▷antonyms compliment.

bawl Oxford Dictionary of English