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Bawling out

noun
1.
A severe scolding.  Synonyms: castigation, chewing out, dressing down, earful, going-over, upbraiding.






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"Bawling out" Quotes from Famous Books



... as a turnip."—"You are mad, Sancho," said the curate, interrupted in his reading; "is thy master such a devil of a hero, as to fight a giant at two thousand leagues' distance?" Upon this, they presently heard a noise and bustle in the chamber, and Don Quixote bawling out, "Stay, villain, robber, stay; since I have thee here, thy scimitar shall but little avail thee;" and with this, they heard him strike with his sword, with all his force, against the walls.—"Good folks," said Sancho, ...
— The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites • Eva March Tappan

... this great Prince surrounded by a few choice friends was in his box at the Museum, and they were making such a noise and laughter that the pit was scandalised, and many indignant voices were bawling out silence so loudly, that Wagg wondered the police did not interfere to take the rascals out. Wenham was amusing the party in the box with extracts from a private letter which he had received from Major Pendennis, whose absence in the ...
— The History of Pendennis • William Makepeace Thackeray



Words linked to "Bawling out" :   reprehension, reprimand, reproval, rebuke, reproof



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