bawled
past simple and past participle ofbawl
bawl
verb[IorT]
uk/bɔːl/us/bɑːl/bawlverb[I or T](SHOUT)
toshoutin a veryloudvoice:
She bawledatme tositdown.
Shouting & screaming
- barracking
- bawl
- bellow
- burst
- burst out
- call (something) out
- clamour
- cry
- cry out
- ejaculate
- givesomeonea shoutidiom
- holler
- howl
- lung
- shout
- shouty
- squawk
- the hairdryer treatment
- thunder
- whoop
bawlverb[I or T](CRY)
tocryloudly:
He was bawling hiseyesout.
to cry
- cryShe skinned her knee and began to cry.
- weepMy lady, why do you weep?
- cry your eyes outOur children cried their eyes out when our dog ran way.
- sob your heart outShe waved goodbye to her parents, then went to the gate and sobbed her heart out.
- cry bucketsEvery time I watch that film, I just cry buckets at the ending.
- bawlI bawled when I found out I didn't win the prize.
Weeping and crying
- bawl
- bucket
- burst
- burst out laughing/cryingidiom
- crier
- crocodile tears
- dissolve
- lachrymose
- mewl
- mewling
- mist
- mist (something) over/up
- misty-eyed
- teardrop
- tearfully
- tearfulness
- teary
- teary-eyed
- turn on the waterworksidiom
- weep
Phrasal verb
bawlsomeoneout
Examplesofbawled
bawled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This is a simple principle whereby you go and kick the office boy after beingbawledout by the boss.
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The hare's cries were now muffled so that itbawledlike a child left alone in a deserted home.
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Who else would accept beingbawledat on a parade ground?
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The theory is that it is very demoralizing and debasing to bebawledat by a sergeant-major.
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We too easily allow ourselves to getbawledout.
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It's all pretty stomping, insistent andbawledout stuff.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I went out andbawledon the ridge.
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- out of/from the corner of your eye
- out-of-from-the-corner-of-your-eye
- out of hand
- out-of-hand
- out of harm's way
- out-of-harm-s-way
- out-of-home advertising
- out-of-home-advertising
- out of hours
- out-of-hours
- out of house
- out-of-house
- out of it
- out-of-it
- out-of-league
- out of left field
- out-of-left-field
- out of line
- out-of-line
- out of luck
- out-of-luck
- out-of-mind
- out-of-mind-head
- out of order
- out-of-order