Synonyms for bawl out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɔl |
Top 10 synonyms for bawl out
Définition of bawl out
Origin :- mid-15c., "to howl like a dog," from Old Norse baula "to low like a cow," and/or Medieval Latin baulare "to bark like a dog," both echoic. Meaning "to shout loudly" attested from 1590s. To bawl (someone) out "reprimand loudly" is 1908, American English. Related: Bawled; bawling.
- verb severely reprimand
- She was driven to bawl out her words, and by no means liked the task.
- Extract from : « The Belton Estate » by Anthony Trollope
- Let one bawl out of you and Patch Keetly will be at hand to take the mare by the head.
- Extract from : « Waysiders » by Seumas O'Kelly
- The only human sounds that the Parrot could bawl out were, "Come, let us be men!"
- Extract from : « Andersen's Fairy Tales » by Hans Christian Andersen
- And now you must behave like other folk, and if all goes well you may bless your stars, and bawl out, Hurrah!'
- Extract from : « Tales from the Fjeld » by P. Chr. Asbjrnsen
- I bawl out, for I was very angry; 'and if Lintot offers her any liberty, I'll brain him with his own pestle!'
- Extract from : « The Virginians » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Whereupon he again began to bawl out in his peculiar Dago dialect: Or-ran-ges!
- Extract from : « An Oregon Girl » by Alfred Ernest Rice
- Bill himself was more than half-seas over, and began to bawl out a sea-song.
- Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland » by Various
- What the devil made you bawl out which way we were going before these people?
- Extract from : « The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 » by Eugne Sue
- Well, I confess I can't bring mine into the market and bawl out that I have so many pounds' weight of the required material.
- Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
- In the reaction from his sudden fright Tim was as wrathfully ready to "bawl out" his captain as if he were some raw rookie.
- Extract from : « The Pathless Trail » by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
Antonyms for bawl out
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