Bawl
[bɔːl] or [bɔl]
Definition
(verb.) cry loudly; 'Don't bawl in public!'.
(verb.) shout loudly and without restraint.
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Definition
(v. i.) To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.
(v. i.) To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.
(v. t.) To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does.
(n.) A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Hoot, shout, vociferate, yell, howl, roar, cry, squall.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Shout, vociferate, halloo, roar, bellow
ANT:Whisper, mutter, babble, mumble
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Definition
v.i. to shout or cry out loudly (with at against).—n. a loud cry or shout.—n. Bawl′er.
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Examples
- And then bawled, 'Ma! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He looks as if he was a-going, miss,' bawled Brittles, in the same manner as before. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He thrust his head out of the coach window at intervals, and bawled out to know why they didn't go faster. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Come now, aisey there, aisey, bawled out a queer, poor Irishman, with a small bundle in his hand, running towards the coach in breathless haste. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I have none o' yer bawling, praying, singing niggers on my place; so remember. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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