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Bawler

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bawl  (bôl)
v. bawled, bawl·ing, bawls
v.intr.
1. To cry or sob loudly; wail.
2. To cry out loudly and vehemently; shout.
v.tr.
To utter in a loud, vehement voice. See Synonyms at shout.
n.
A loud, bellowing cry; a wail.
Phrasal Verb:
bawl out Informal
To reprimand loudly or harshly.
[Middle English bawlen, to bark, from Medieval Latin baulre, to bark (probably of Scandinavian origin) or from Old Norse baula, to low (of imitative origin).]
bawler n.
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Noun1.Bawlerbawler - someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
bellower, roarer, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller
communicator - a person who communicates with others
crier - a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
2.bawler - a loud weeper; "their new baby is a real bawler"
crier, weeper - a person who weeps


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Bawler, the Darbyite, in the evening, and all in vain.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
From the rabble have we gone out of the way, from all those bawlers and scribe-blowflies, from the trader-stench, the ambition-fidgeting, the bad breath--: fie, to live among the rabble;
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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