Verb
- shout loudly and without restraint
- Synonyms
- bellow
- Less specific
- shout
- Related
- bellow
- bellowing
- holla
- holler
- hollering
- hollo
- holloa
- roar
- roaring
- yowl
- bellow
- bellowing
- holla
- holler
- hollering
- hollo
- holloa
- roar
- roaring
- yowl
- Synonyms
- make a raucous noise
- Synonyms
- yawp
- Less specific
- roar
- howl
- Related
- roarer
- bawler
- bellower
- screamer
- screecher
- shouter
- yeller
- Synonyms
- cry loudly; “Don’t bawl in public!”
- Less specific
- cry
- weep
- Related
- bawler
- Less specific
- bawl – LookUp
verb
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shout or call out noisily and unrestrainedly
‘Move!’ bawled the drill corporal | we don’t need fans bawling at us from two or three yards away | the manager was bawling instructions from the touchline -
weep or cry noisily
one by one the children all started bawling | I sat on the couch and bawled my eyes out
noun
- a loud, unrestrained shout
he addressed every class in a terrifying bawl
Origin
late Middle English (in the sense (of an animal) howl, bark ): imitative; possibly related to medieval Latin baulare to bark or Icelandic baula to low
Thesaurus
Verb
- ‘Come on, Simon!’ he bawled
Similar Words: shout call out cry out cry yell roar bellow screech scream shriek howl whoop bark growl snarl bluster vociferate trumpet thunder yammer holler
Opposites: whisper
- the children continued to bawl
Similar Words: cry sob weep shed tears wail blubber snivel whimper whine howl squall blub greet ululate
Noun
- he addressed the class in a terrifying bawl
Similar Words: shout yell cry roar bellow screech scream howl whoop holler
Opposites: whisper
