bawl
Signification (English)
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- To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
- To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
- To weep profusely.
Concepts
Synonyms
cry loudly
make noise
raise one’s voice
sing loudly
call loudly
reprove loudly
weep aloud
roar at
speak angrily
mean person
loud weeping
yell’ roar
raise a hullabaloo
chide smb.
holler out
shout in rebuke
shout at
shout to
speak in harsh tone
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
[bɔːɫ]
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English baulen, from Old Norse baula (“to low”) and/or Medieval Latin baulō (“to bark”), both from Proto-Germanic *bau- (“to roar”), conflated with Proto-Germanic *bellaną, *ballijaną, *buljaną (“to shout, low, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”). Cognate with Faroese belja (“to low”), Icelandic baula (“to moo, low”), Swedish böla (“to bellow, low”). More at bell.
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