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BAWL OUT

Pronunciation (US):

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

1. censure severely or angrily

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

• BAWL OUT (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Censure severely or angrily

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

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

Context examples:

The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car / The deputy ragged the Prime Minister / 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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(English proverb)
"If heat is applied to iron long enough it will melt; if cold is applied to water long enough it will freeze."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"Avoid what will require an apology."
(Arabic proverb)
"At the end of many disasters, there's always an Italian."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of criticize
Pronunciation of pick apart
Definition of chasten
Pronunciation of correct
Definition of brush down

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