Bawl Out (Verb)
Meaning
Censure severely or angrily; "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".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The school principal was forced to bawl out the students for their misconduct during the choir performance.
- Her parents will certainly bawl her out for staying out past midnight without permission.
- I'm going to bawl out the contractor for failure to meet the construction deadline.
- The coach will bawl out the team after this crushing defeat to their arch-rivals.
- The mother would bawl out her kids if they ever spoke back to their grandparents that way.
Synonyms
- Trounce
- Jaw
- Have Words
- Call On The Carpet
- Lecture
- Call Down
- Chide
- Dress Down
- Lambaste
- Chew Out
- Rebuke
- Rag
- Chew Up
- Scold
- Berate
- Lambast
- Take To Task
- Reprimand
- Remonstrate