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单词 bawling out
释义

bawl out

verb

bawled out; bawling out; bawls out

transitive verb

: to reprimand loudly or severely
Her boss bawled her out for forgetting the meeting.

Synonyms

  • baste
  • berate
  • call down
  • castigate
  • chastise
  • chew out
  • dress down
  • flay
  • hammer
  • jaw
  • keelhaul
  • lambaste
  • lambast
  • lecture
  • rag
  • rail (at or against)
  • rant (at)
  • rate
  • ream (out)
  • rebuke
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • scold
  • score
  • tongue-lash
  • upbraid
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Example Sentences

got bawled out by the boss for missing another important deadline

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

bawling out

verb

present participle of bawl out
as in scolding
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings got bawled out by the boss for missing another important deadline

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • scolding
  • lecturing
  • chewing out
  • calling down
  • dressing down
  • reprimanding
  • laying into
  • blaming
  • criticizing
  • railing (at or against)
  • reaming (out)
  • ranting (at)
  • reading the riot act (to)
  • taking to task
  • upbraiding
  • ragging
  • berating
  • rating
  • attacking
  • flaying
  • admonishing
  • chastising
  • keelhauling
  • scoring
  • mocking
  • jawing
  • basting
  • rebuking
  • hammering
  • faulting
  • remonstrating (with)
  • lambasting
  • reproaching
  • castigating
  • tongue-lashing
  • lacing (into)
  • vituperating
  • chiding
  • slamming
  • lashing
  • panning
  • knocking
  • reprehending
  • crucifying
  • reviling
  • condemning
  • disparaging
  • putting down
  • blasting
  • assailing
  • abusing
  • denouncing
  • excoriating
  • scourging
  • belittling
  • haranguing
  • reproving
  • ridiculing
  • scoffing
  • censuring
  • bad-mouthing
  • dissing
  • scorning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • indorsing
  • endorsing
  • approving
  • sanctioning
  • praising
  • lauding
  • extolling
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