bawl
bawled; bawling; bawls
To bawl is to weep or wail loudly. If you tend to bawl at sad movies, you might want to bring some tissues for wiping your tears and blowing your nose.
If a baby bawls all night, he doesn't just cry — he sobs and howls. You can also use the verb to talk about other loud sounds, like shouts: "He bawls out orders while we stand there, confused," or even amusement: "She bawls with laughter all through the woman's strange speech." In the 15th century, to bawl was to "bark like a dog," from the Old Norse baula, "to low or moo like a cow."
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cry loudly
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shout loudly and without restraint
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make a raucous noise
Vocabulary lists containing bawl
Eleven-year-old Eddie enters a poetry contest and wins the grand prize — a trip to New York City to see the NBA finals and a chance to take a foul shot worth a million dollars.
After taking a new job to help out his family during the Great Depression, ten-year-old Beans Curry learns that some actions can have dire consequences.
After spending the first nine years of his life in prison with his mother, Kabir learns to survive on the streets of Chennai, India, while looking for a way to prove his mother's innocence.
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