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Another word for bawl

VERB

  1. To cry loudly, as a healthy child does from pain or distress

    See also:

    sounds

  2. To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears

    See also:

    sounds

    happy

  3. To speak or say very loudly or with a shout

    See also:

    sounds

NOUN

  1. A loud, deep, prolonged sound

    See also:

    sounds

Idioms

void

bawl out

  1. To reprimand loudly or harshly

    Idiom:

    give it to

    give hell to

    See also:

    attack

bawl out

  1. To criticize for a fault or an offense

    Idiom:

    let-someone-have-it

    haul (or rake) over the coals

    call-on-the-carpet

    bring (or call) (or take) to task

    See also:

    praise

    attack

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for bawl

VERB

  1. To make a bellowing sound

    See also:

    yell

  2. To cry

    See also:

    cry

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • She wasn't going to argue with him or bawl in his presence.

  • All she does is bawl.

  • All she does is bawl.

  • She wasn't going to argue with him or bawl in his presence.

  • I decided to have a little bawl to myself.

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