Word Study
bawl out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb bawl out has 1 sense
- bawl out(v = verb.communication) berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" is one way to criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot bawl out Sue
THESAURUS
bawl out
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, tell off, tongue-lash, upbraid, wig
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