bawl out

verb

To shout very loudly.

“The teacher angrily bawled out my name.”

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Meanings

verbbawl out (third-person singular simple present bawls out, present participle bawling out, simple past and past participle bawled out)

present singular third person bawls out · participle present bawling out · participle past bawled out · past bawled out

  1. transitiveTo shout very loudly.

    The teacher angrily bawled out my name.

  2. transitiveTo deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture to; to reprimand in order to kill.

    After a mistake like that, there wasn't much to do besides bawl out the offender and clean up.

  3. idiomaticTo have a serious argument accompanied by shouting.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbcensure severely or angrily

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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