bawl out

bawl out
verb
censure severely or angrily
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The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car

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The deputy ragged the Prime Minister

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The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms:
↑chiding (for: ↑chide), ↑scolder (for: ↑scold), ↑scolding (for: ↑scold), ↑reprimand (for: ↑reprimand), ↑lecture (for: ↑lecture), ↑reproof (for: ↑reproof), ↑rebuker (for: ↑rebuke), ↑rebuke (for: ↑rebuke)
• Hypernyms: ↑knock, ↑criticize, ↑criticise, ↑pick apart
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s PP

 (for: ↑have words)
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Somebody ——s PP

 (for: ↑remonstrate)
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Somebody ——s PP

 (for: ↑jaw)
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Sam cannot bawl out Sue

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transitive verb
: to reprimand loudly or severely : rebuke, reprove

he bawled me out for letting such dangerously infectious material get on my fingers — Fredric Wertham

Synonyms: see scold

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bawl out (informal)
To reprimand loudly and angrily
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Main Entry: ↑bawl

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ˌbawl ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bawl out he/she/it bawls out present participle bawling out past tense bawled out past participle bawled out] mainly american informal phrasal verb
to speak angrily to someone because of something they have done wrong
Thesaurus: to say something, or to speak to someone in an angry waysynonym
Main entry: bawl

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bawl out [phrasal verb]
bawl out (someone) or bawl (someone) out chiefly US, informal : to yell at (someone) for doing something bad or wrong

His boss bawled him out for forgetting about the meeting.

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Main Entry: ↑bawl

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  • bawl out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms bawl out : present tense I/you/we/they bawl out he/she/it bawls out present participle bawling out past tense bawled out past participle bawled out mainly American informal to speak angrily to someone because… …   English dictionary

  • bawl out — PHRASAL VERB If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong. [INFORMAL] → See also bawl 1) [V n P] Do you think I m just going to bawl you out and that ll be an end of it? [Also V P n (not pron)] Syn:… …   English dictionary

  • bawl out — Synonyms and related words: berate, bless, carpet, chew, chew ass, chew out, condemn, cuss out, denounce, give a going over, give hail Columbia, give hell, give the deuce, give what for, jack up, lambaste, lash, ream, ream ass, ream out, sit on,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bawl out — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. reprimand, reprove. See disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reprimand, berate, upbraid, chew out*; see scold . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. Sl. see scold IV (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • bawl out — {v.}, {informal} To reprove in a loud or rough voice; rebuke sharply; scold. * /The teacher bawled us out for not handing in our homework./ Compare: HAUL OVER THE COALS, LIGHT INTO, TELL A THING OR TWO …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • bawl out — {v.}, {informal} To reprove in a loud or rough voice; rebuke sharply; scold. * /The teacher bawled us out for not handing in our homework./ Compare: HAUL OVER THE COALS, LIGHT INTO, TELL A THING OR TWO …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • bawl\ out — v informal To reprove in a loud or rough voice; rebuke sharply; scold. The teacher bawled us out for not handing in our homework. Compare: haul over the coals, light into, tell a thing or two …   Словарь американских идиом

  • bawl out — yell at, chew out; scold, rebuke; give what for …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bawl out — transitive verb Date: 1899 to reprimand loudly or severely …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • bawl out —  Reprimand harshly, often publicly …   A concise dictionary of English slang

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