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View synonyms for bawl out

bawl out

verb

  1. informal,  (tr, adverb) to scold loudly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Call out loudly, announce, as in Some of the players were quite hard of hearing, so the rector bawled out the bingo numbers . [1500s]

Scold or reprimand loudly, as in Her teacher was always bawling out the class for not paying attention . [c. 1900]

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