bawl

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
2. (intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
3. (intransitive) To weep profusely.

Noun

A loud, intense shouting or wailing.

Synonyms

yell

shout

bellow

cry

😢

roar

scream

😱

holler

cry out

howl

call

wail

clamor

clamour

call out

yawp

screech

shriek

vociferate

squall

hollo

weep

cry loudly

halloo

squeal

bark

bray

make noise

scold

shout out

sob

😭

squawk

threaten

thunder

🌩️

whoop

raise one’s voice

sing loudly

call loudly

reprove loudly

weep aloud

neigh

outcry

rebuke

reproach

chide

roar at

speak angrily

chaff

caterwaul

scuffle

browbeat

Translations

hurler

gritar

brailler

schreeuwen

berrear

gridare

grölen

brüllen

chillar

κραυγάζω

urlare

😱

heulen

plärren

brullen

bağırmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

[bɔːɫ]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: baulen

Cognate with Faroese: belja

Cognate with Icelandic: baula

Cognate with Swedish: böla

In summary

From Middle English baulen, from Old Norse baula (“to bellow”) 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.