bawler

noun

as in wailer

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  1. screamer
  2. weeper
  3. crybaby
Noun
  • England captain Declan Rice got the scoring started right out of the gate, launching a screamer from the top of the box past Maignan in just the third minute of the match.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Alvarez, especially, has been the talk of the town following that screamer from outside the box to close out Switzerland in the quarters.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 15 July 2026
Definition of screamer
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  • Diamond wrote this waltz-time weeper with Carole Bayer Sager, who beat him to the punch with her own recording; his version is haunted, hers downright macabre.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Such was the verdict that was handed down upon Anthony by his father, Dick, who was a boozer and a weeper as well as a baker.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Definition of weeper
Noun
  • As children, Keaton often dismissed her younger brother as a crybaby, scaredy cat and a nuisance who was coddled by their mother.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
  • From the instigator to the crybaby, everyone gets to partake in the seasonal chaos.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
Definition of crybaby
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