Bawl

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

[bɔːɫ]

Definitions

A loud, intense shouting or wailing.

Equivalents

Españolalarido gritar gritogritonear llantear (disused)plañir

Françaishurler

Deutschbrüllen grölen heulenschreien

19 more languages

العربيةصح

Bosanskikrik Rvat кричати

Catalàbaladreig

Češtinakřičet křik řevřvát

Ελληνικάαγριοφωνάρα

Suomihuutaa karjua karjuntapillittää ulvoa

Gaeilgescread

Hrvatskikrik Rvat кричати

Italianogridare urlare

日本語嘑

한국어嘑

Kurdîrêv

Te Reo Māorihāparangi

Nederlandsschreeuwen

Русскийвопить кричать ора́тьреветь

Српскиkrik Rvat кричати

Svenskagasta gorma rytavråla

Türkçeağlamak bağırmak

Українськаволати галасува́ти горла́тикричати ревіти

Examples

“[…] that clear soprano, in nursery, rings out a shower of innocent idiotisms over the half-stripped baby, and suspends the bawl upon its lips.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

bawl-baby Bawled Bawler Bawlers bawley Bawling

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