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Origin of bawl

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin baulāre to bark < Germanic; compare Old Norse baula to low, baula cow, perhaps a conflation of belja (see bell2) with an old root *bhu-

OTHER WORDS FROM bawl

bawl·er, nounout·bawl, verb (used with object)

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bawl

bald balled bawledball bawl bowl

Words nearby bawl

bawcock, bawd, bawdry, bawdy, bawdyhouse, bawl, bawl out, bawn, bawneen, bax, baxter
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Words related to bawl

holler, sob, vociferate, bellow, clamor, roar, shriek, rout, screech, cheer, shout, call, bark, bluster, scream, howl, wail, squall, yowl, blubber

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British Dictionary definitions for bawl

bawl
/ (bɔːl) /

verb

(intr) to utter long loud cries, as from pain or frustration; wail
to shout loudly, as in anger

noun

a loud shout or cry

Derived forms of bawl

bawler, nounbawling, noun

Word Origin for bawl

C15: probably from Icelandic baula to low; related to Medieval Latin baulāre to bark, Swedish böla to low; all of imitative origin
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