See bawl in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To cry loudly, as a healthy child does from pain or distress:
howl, wail, yowl. See soundsTo make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears:
blubber, cry, howl, keen2, sob, wail, weep, yowl. See happy, soundsTo speak or say very loudly or with a shout:
bellow, bluster, call, clamor, cry, halloo, holler, roar, shout, vociferate, whoop, yawp, yell. See sounds
phrasal verb bawl outTo reprimand loudly or harshly:
berate, rate2. (Informal) tell off. Idioms: give hell to, give it to. See attack- (Informal)
To criticize for a fault or an offense:
admonish, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap1, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid. (Informal) lambaste. (Slang) chew out. Idioms: bring (or call) (or take) to task, call on the carpet, haul (or rake) over the coals, let someone have it. See attack, praise
noun
A loud, deep, prolonged sound:
bellow, clamor, roar. See sounds
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