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bawled

bawled is the simple past and past participle of bawl.

Meaning of bawl

Verb

bawl (third-person singular simple present bawls, present participle bawling, simple past and past participle bawled)

  1. (transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
    • commanders bawling
  2. (intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
    • children bawling
  3. (intransitive) To weep profusely.
    • children bawling

See all 4 meanings of bawl

Phrases with bawled

Questions about bawled

What is bawled the simple past and past participle of?
Bawled is the simple past and past participle of bawl.

Words near bawled in the dictionary

  1. bawl off
  2. bawl one's eyes out
  3. bawl out
  4. bawl-babies
  5. bawl-baby
  6. bawled
  7. bawled off
  8. bawled one's eyes out
  9. bawled out
  10. bawler
  11. bawlers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bawled (page history and authors); bawl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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