bawl

The word “bawl” has 1 syllable: bawl

It's pronounced as /bɔl/


What is synonym and antonym for bawl?

In the thesaurus, “bawl” has 63 synonyms and 15 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for bawl along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for bawl

Antonyms for bawl

  • breathe
  • cackle
  • chortle
  • chuckle
  • giggle
  • guffaw
  • laugh
  • mumble
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • snicker
  • snigger
  • titter
  • twitter
  • whisper

Meanings of bawl

  • noun
    1. A loud, intense shouting or wailing.
  • verb
    1. To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
    2. To wail; to give out a blaring cry.

Example Sentences

  • The baby began to bawl the moment its mother left the room.
  • He couldn’t help but bawl when he heard the heartbreaking news.
  • Don’t just bawl about it—try to fix the problem.
  • She used to bawl so loudly that the neighbors would complain.
  • After the argument, he went outside to bawl his frustrations into the night.

On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bawl, such as: bay, bellow, bleat, blub, blubber, blubbering, breathe.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

keen

keening

ululate

wail

  • agonize
  • agonizing
  • anguish
  • bawl
  • bay
  • beef
  • bellyache
  • bemoan
  • bewail
  • bitch
  • bleat
  • bleed
  • blubber
  • blubbering
  • carp
  • carry on
  • caterwaul
  • cavil
  • challenge
  • complain
  • complaint
  • crab
  • cri de coeur
  • croak
  • cry
  • cry the blues
  • crying
  • demur
  • deplore
  • dolor
  • expostulation
  • fret
  • fuss
  • grief
  • grievance
  • grieve
  • grieving
  • gripe
  • grizzle
  • groan
  • grouch
  • grouse
  • growl
  • grumble
  • grump
  • hand-wringing
  • heartache
  • heartbreak
  • holler
  • howl
  • hurt
  • inveigh
  • jowl
  • keen
  • kick
  • kick up a fuss
  • kick up a stink
  • kvetch
  • lament
  • lamentation
  • maunder
  • miserere
  • moan
  • mourn
  • mourning
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • nag
  • niggle
  • objection
  • outcry
  • plaint
  • protest
  • quibble
  • regret
  • remonstrance
  • repine
  • rue
  • scream
  • screech
  • shriek
  • shrill
  • sniff
  • snivel
  • sniveling
  • sob
  • sobbing
  • sorrow
  • sorrowing
  • squall
  • squawk
  • squeal
  • stew
  • stink
  • suffer
  • suffering
  • tears
  • ululate
  • weep
  • weeping
  • whimper
  • whimpering
  • whine
  • whinge
  • whining
  • woe
  • worry
  • yammer
  • yammering
  • yaup
  • yawp
  • yell
  • yelp
  • yowl

wailed

  • agonized
  • anguished
  • bawl
  • bawled
  • bay
  • bayed
  • beefed
  • bellyached
  • bemoan
  • bemoaned
  • bewail
  • bewailed
  • bitched
  • bleated
  • bled
  • blubbered
  • carped
  • carry on
  • caterwauled
  • caviled
  • cavilled
  • complain
  • complained
  • crabbed
  • cried
  • croaked
  • cry the blues
  • deplore
  • deplored
  • fretted
  • fuss
  • fussed
  • grieve
  • grieved
  • griped
  • grizzled
  • groaned
  • grouched
  • groused
  • growled
  • grumbled
  • grumped
  • hollered
  • howl
  • howled
  • hurt
  • inveighed
  • jowl
  • keen
  • keened
  • kick
  • kicked
  • kicked up a fuss
  • kicked up a stink
  • kvetched
  • lament
  • lamented
  • maundered
  • moan
  • moaned
  • mourn
  • mourned
  • murmured
  • muttered
  • nagged
  • protested
  • quibbled
  • repine
  • repined
  • rued
  • screamed
  • screeched
  • shrieked
  • shrilled
  • sniffed
  • sniveled
  • snivelled
  • sob
  • sobbed
  • sorrowed
  • squall
  • squalled
  • squawked
  • squealed
  • stewed
  • suffered
  • ululate
  • ululated
  • weep
  • wept
  • whimper
  • whimpered
  • whine
  • whined
  • whinged
  • worried
  • yammered
  • yauped
  • yawped
  • yelled
  • yelped
  • yowled

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