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bawl

verb
  1. To cry loudly, as a healthy child does from pain or distress: howl, wail, yowl. See sounds
  2. To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears: blubber, cry, howl, keen 2, sob, wail, weep, yowl. See happy, sounds
  3. To speak or say very loudly or with a shout: bellow, bluster, call, clamor, cry, halloo, holler, roar, shout, vociferate, whoop, yawp, yell. See sounds
phrasal verb

bawl out
  1. To reprimand loudly or harshly: berate, rate 2. Informal: tell off. Idioms: give hell to, give it to. See attack
  2. Informal. To criticize for a fault or an offense: admonish, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap 1, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid. Informal: lambaste. Slang: chew out. Idioms: bring (or call) (or take) to task, call on the carpet, haul (or rake) over the coals, let someone have it. See attack, praise
noun
A loud, deep, prolonged sound: bellow, clamor, roar. See sounds

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