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- Dictionarybawl/bɔːl/
verb
- 1. shout or call out noisily and unrestrainedly: "‘Move!’ bawled the drill corporal" Similar Opposite
- 2. weep or cry noisily: "one by one the children all started bawling" Similar
noun
- 1. a loud, unrestrained shout: "he addressed every class in a terrifying bawl"
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to shout in a very loud voice: She bawled at me to sit down. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Shouting & screaming. barracking. bellow. bray. burst out. call (something) out. clamour. cry out. give someone a shout idiom. holler. howl. make a scene idiom. raise. shouty. shriek. squawk. the hairdryer treatment. thunder. See more results »
The meaning of BAWL is to cry out loudly and unrestrainedly. How to use bawl in a sentence.
to shout in a very loud voice: She bawled at me to sit down. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Shouting & screaming. at the top of your lungs idiom. barracking. bellow. burst out. call (something) out. clamor. cry out. ejaculate. give someone a shout idiom. holler. howl. lung. shouty. squawk. thunder. whoop. yip. See more results »
Bawl definition: to cry or wail lustily.. See examples of BAWL used in a sentence.
If you bawl, you shout in a very loud voice, for example because you are angry or you want people to hear you.
[intransitive, transitive] to cry loudly, especially in an unpleasant and annoying way. A child was bawling in the next room. He was bawling his eyes out (= crying very loudly). + speech ‘Mama, Mama!’ bawled a terrified toddler. Word Origin. Phrasal Verbs. bawl out. See bawl in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: bawl.
1. ( intr) to utter long loud cries, as from pain or frustration; wail. 2. to shout loudly, as in anger. n. a loud shout or cry. [C15: probably from Icelandic baula to low; related to Medieval Latin baulāre to bark, Swedish böla to low; all of imitative origin]
To bawl is to weep or wail loudly. If you tend to bawl at sad movies, you might want to bring some tissues for wiping your tears and blowing your nose. If a baby bawls all night, he doesn't just cry — he sobs and howls.
BAWL definition: to shout or cry loudly: . Learn more.
Jun 27, 2024 · ( transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner. commanders bawling. ( intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry . Coordinate terms: (cattle sense) croon, bellow, low, moo. children bawling. cattle bawling.
