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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.
noun. a loud shout; outcry. a period or spell of loud crying or weeping. Chiefly Midland and Western U.S. the noise made by a calf. verb phrase. Informal. to scold vociferously; reprimand or scold vigorously: Your father will bawl you out when he sees this mess. bawl. / bɔːl / verb. intr to utter long loud cries, as from pain or frustration; wail.
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 »
If you bawl, you shout in a very loud voice, for example because you are angry or you want people to hear you.
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.
Definition of bawl verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
