bawl out

2 definitions found

bawl out - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bawl out
      v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
           for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
           Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
           bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task
           , rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture,
           reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold,
           chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out,
           chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]

bawl out - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "bawl out":
     berate, bless, carpet, chew, chew ass, chew out, condemn, cuss out,
     denounce, give a going-over, give hail Columbia, give hell,
     give the deuce, give what-for, jack up, lambaste, lash, ream,
     ream ass, ream out, sit on, tell off, tongue-lash, upbraid, wig