Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bawl
Participle: bawled
Gerund: bawling
Indicative
Present
| I | bawl |
| you | bawl |
| he;she;it | bawls |
| we | bawl |
| you | bawl |
| they | bawl |
Perfect
| I | have bawled |
| you | have bawled |
| he;she;it | has bawled |
| we | have bawled |
| you | have bawled |
| they | have bawled |
Past
| I | bawled |
| you | bawled |
| he;she;it | bawled |
| we | bawled |
| you | bawled |
| they | bawled |
Pluperfect
| I | had bawled |
| you | had bawled |
| he;she;it | had bawled |
| we | had bawled |
| you | had bawled |
| they | had bawled |
Future
| I | will bawl |
| you | will bawl |
| he;she;it | will bawl |
| we | will bawl |
| you | will bawl |
| they | will bawl |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bawled |
| you | will have bawled |
| he;she;it | will have bawled |
| we | will have bawled |
| you | will have bawled |
| they | will have bawled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bawl |
| you | bawl |
| he;she;it | bawl |
| we | bawl |
| you | bawl |
| they | bawl |
Perfect
| I | have bawled |
| you | have bawled |
| he;she;it | have bawled |
| we | have bawled |
| you | have bawled |
| they | have bawled |
Imperfect
| I | bawled |
| you | bawled |
| he;she;it | bawled |
| we | bawled |
| you | bawled |
| they | bawled |
Pluperfect
| I | had bawled |
| you | had bawled |
| he;she;it | had bawled |
| we | had bawled |
| you | had bawled |
| they | had bawled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bawl |
| you | would bawl |
| he;she;it | would bawl |
| we | would bawl |
| you | would bawl |
| they | would bawl |
Perfect
| I | would have bawled |
| you | would have bawled |
| he;she;it | would have bawled |
| we | would have bawled |
| you | would have bawled |
| they | would have bawled |
Imperative
| you | bawl |
| we | Let's bawl |
| you | bawl |
Verbs conjugated like 'bawl'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bawl'
bail,
ball,
bawd,
baww,
bowl,
brawl,
pawl,
wawl,
yawl,
ail,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- shout
- howl, scream, roar, bark, bellow, cry, squall
- cry
- wail, yell, sob, moan, blubber, weep, yowl, whimper
Additional Information
Etymology
1. c.1440, from O.N.
baula "to low like a cow," and/or M.L.
baulare "to bark like a dog," both echoic. To
bawl (someone) out "reprimand loudly" is 1908, Amer.Eng.
2. From Middle English baulen, from Old Norse baula (“to bellow”) and/or Medieval Latin baulō (“to bark”), both from Proto-Germanic *bau- (“to roar”), conflated with Proto-Germanic *bellaną, *ballijaną, *buljaną (“to shout, low, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”). Cognate with Faroese belja (“to low”), Icelandic baula (“to moo, low”), Swedish böla (“to bellow, low”). More at bell. See: Proto-Germanic '
*bellaną', Faroese '
belja', Icelandic '
baula', Swedish '
böla'.
Verbs referencing "bawl"
Swedish
böla.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and swallowers of strong drinks, whose hats and legs we see in every possible variety of twist, doing, but amusing themselves ? What are the fifty newspapers, which those precocious urchins are bawling down the street, and which are kept filed within, what are they but amusements ? Not vapid, waterish amusements, but good strong stuff; dealing in round abuse and blackguard names; pulling off the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘There a n't no room at all, sir, ’ bawls a gentleman inside. Which another gentleman (also inside ) confirms, by predicting that the attempt to introduce any more passengers ‘wo n't fit nohow. ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)