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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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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. barracking. bellow. bray. burst out phrasal verb. call (something) out phrasal verb. clamour. cry out phrasal verb. give someone a shout idiom. holler. howl. make a scene idiom. raise. shouty. shriek. squawk.
verb (used with object) to utter or proclaim by outcry; shout out: to bawl one's dissatisfaction; bawling his senseless ditties to the audience. to offer for sale by shouting, as a hawker: a peddler bawling his wares.
If you bawl, you shout in a very loud voice, for example because you are angry or you want people to hear you.
to cry loudly: He was bawling his eyes out. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. Our children cried their eyes out when our dog ran way. She waved goodbye to her parents, then went to the gate and sobbed her heart out.
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.
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]
Definition of bawl verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
bawl. [intransitive, transitive] to shout loudly, especially in an unpleasant or angry way. bawl (at somebody) She bawled at him in front of everyone. Some noisy students were bawling for more food.
Verb. Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. bawled, bawling, bawls. To cry or sob loudly; wail. American Heritage. To shout or call out noisily; bellow; yell.
