BAWLING OUT Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

bawling out

verb

present participle of bawl out

as in scolding

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings got bawled out by the boss for missing another important deadline

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The Amazon Prime Video broadcasters all considered the male Fever fan guilty before details of what actually happened came out, scolding him on air for his behavior.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Eventually, all charges were dropped days before trial, with Perry scolding prosecutors for violating the inherent trust placed in the office.

— Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of scolding

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The bald guy lecturing me on how to get the money looked real enough, but the question of his true being kept rattling around my increasingly paranoid mind.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026
Especially for him in the same interview to be lecturing my party on democracy and norms.

— NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of lecturing

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And there’s a useful distinction between dressing down to make someone else comfortable and being thoughtful about the signals your clothes send.

— Morgan Sullivan, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2026
Like Bezos, whose Sun Valley uniform has included jeans with T-shirts and polo shirts, many of the male tech executives are dressing down.

— Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 July 2026

Definition of dressing down

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During the debate, both candidates seemed prepared to focus on the lack of affordability — namely by blaming the other’s political party for it.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
The Variable To Watch This is, admittedly, a less exciting explanation than blaming the market.

— Khalifa Aldhaheri, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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