bawl /bɔːl $ bɒːl/ BrE AmE verb
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language ]
1 . [intransitive and transitive] ( also bawl out ) to shout in a loud voice SYN yell :
‘Tickets, please!’ bawled the conductor.
2 . [intransitive] to cry loudly SYN scream :
They could hear a baby bawling somewhere.
bawl somebody ↔ out phrasal verb
to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong:
He was afraid Vic would bawl him out for being late.
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THESAURUS
▪ shout to say something very loudly:
The two men were shouting angrily at each other.
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‘Wait for me!’ he shouted.
▪ yell ( also holler American English ) to shout very loudly, especially because you are angry, excited, or in pain. Yell is more informal than shout :
The children were yelling at each other across the street.
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‘Steve, are you there?’ Patti hollered up the stairs.
▪ call (out) to shout in order to get someone’s attention:
He called her name but she didn’t hear him.
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‘Is anybody there?’ he called out.
▪ cry (out) written to shout something loudly, especially because you are in pain, frightened, or very excited:
‘I can’t move,’ Lesley cried.
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He cried out in panic.
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‘Look what I’ve found!’ she cried.
▪ scream to shout in a very loud high voice, because you are frightened, unhappy, angry etc:
The baby wouldn’t stop screaming.
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She screamed as she jumped into the cold water.
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‘It’s my money!’ she screamed at him.
▪ roar written to shout in a loud deep voice:
The crowd roared their appreciation.
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‘Stop this nonsense!' he roared.
▪ bellow written to shout in a loud deep voice, especially when you want a lot of people to hear you:
He was bellowing orders at the soldiers.
▪ bawl to shout in a loud and unpleasant way, because you are angry or unhappy:
‘What are you doing?’ he bawled.
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The kids were bawling in the back of the car.
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She was always bawling at the children.
▪ raise your voice to say something more loudly than normal, especially because you are angry:
I never heard my father raise his voice.
▪ cheer if a group of people cheer, they shout as a way of showing their approval:
The crowd cheered when the band came on stage.