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Definition of Bawl out
1. Verb. Censure severely or angrily. "Sam cannot bawl out Sue "; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
Specialized synonyms: Castigate, Chasten, Chastise, Correct, Objurgate, Brush Down, Tell Off
Generic synonyms: Criticise, Criticize, Knock, Pick Apart
Derivative terms: Chiding, Lecture, Rebuke, Rebuker, Reprimand, Reproof, Scolder, Scolding
Definition of Bawl out
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture; to reprimand. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To have a serious argument accompanied with shouting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bawl Out
| bawdric bawdrick bawdrics bawdries bawds bawdy-house bottle bawdy house bawdyhouses bawhorse bawhorses | bawl bawl out bawled bawler bawlers bawley bawleys bawling bawling out bawlings | bawls bawn bawneen bawns bawr bawrel |
Literary usage of Bawl out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1920)
"The fellow began to bawl out in his rustic way: "I will never leave my master Michel
... bawl out ..."
2. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Evangeline Maria O'Connor (1901)
"263. Bate, remit; Epil. 16. Battle, army; IV. i. 154. Battle, battalion; III.
ii. 163. bawl out, bawl out from (Quarto, " bal out"; Capell, "bawl out ..."
3. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1901)
"bawl out, bawl out from (Quarto, " bal out''; Capell, "bawl out from"); II. ii.
27. Baying, driving to bay (a term of the chase) ; I. iii. 80. ..."
4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... exceedingly trample the woman's ground ; ihe began to bawl out therefore as
if ihe were mad, but the people taking little or no notice of her, ..."
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