| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A loud, deep, prolonged sound: bellow, clamor, roar. See SOUNDS. | | VERB: | 1. To cry loudly, as a healthy child does from pain or distress: howl, wail, yowl. See SOUNDS. 2. To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears: blubber, cry, howl, keen2, sob, wail, weep, yowl. See HAPPY, SOUNDS. 3. To speak or say very loudly or with a shout: bellow, bluster, call, clamor, cry, halloo, holler, roar, shout, vociferate, whoop, yawp, yell. See SOUNDS. | | PHRASAL VERB: | bawl out To reprimand loudly or harshly: berate, rate2. Informal : tell off. Idioms: give hell to, give it to. See ATTACK. bawl out Informal. To criticize for a fault or an offense: admonish, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap1, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid. Informal : lambaste. Slang : chew out. Idioms: bring (or call) (or take) to task, call on the carpet, haul (or rake) over the coals, let someone have it. See ATTACK, PRAISE.
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