Synonyms of bawl out

bawl out

verb

as in to scold

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

got bawled out by the boss for missing another important deadline

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scold
• lecture
• reprimand
• rail (at or against)
• blame
• chew out
• criticize
• call down
• dress down
• rant (at)
• lay into
• ream (out)
• rag
• read the riot act (to)
• tongue-lash
• fault
• jaw
• take to task
• chastise
• upbraid
• berate
• attack
• lambast
• admonish
• rebuke
• rate
• flay
• mock
• keelhaul
• reproach
• score
• hammer
• baste
• remonstrate (with)
• castigate
• lambaste
• chide
• knock
• diss
• condemn
• slam
• pan
• lace (into)
• revile
• crucify
• denounce
• blast
• lash
• abuse
• assail
• harangue
• disparage
• reprove
• censure
• scourge
• put down
• excoriate
• ridicule
• belittle
• vituperate
• scoff
• reprehend
• bad-mouth
• scorn
• dis

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approve
• endorse
• sanction
• indorse
• praise
• laud
• extol
• extoll

Examples of bawl out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Women stopped to bawl out the police, who accepted this dressing-down with quiet embarrassment. —National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2020