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BAWL OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bawl out mean? 

BAWL OUT (verb)
  The verb BAWL OUT has 1 sense:

1. censure severely or angrilyplay

  Familiarity information: BAWL OUT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BAWL OUT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Censure severely or angrily

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

lambast; trounce; take to task; scold; reprimand; remonstrate; rebuke; rag; lecture; lambaste; bawl out; jaw; have words; dress down; chide; chew up; chew out; call on the carpet; call down; berate

Context example:

The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

Hypernyms (to "bawl out" is one way to...):

criticise; criticize; knock; pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bawl out"):

castigate; chasten; chastise; correct; objurgate (censure severely)

brush down; tell off (reprimand)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot bawl out Sue


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