bawler

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Noun
  • Inter Miami took a 1-0 lead into halftime after a screamer of a goal from De Paul in the 44th minute.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 May 2026
  • Who knew Gosling was such an entertaining screamer and such a devoted physical comedian?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
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
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“Bawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bawler. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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