bawler

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bawler
Noun
  • Amad scored a screamer after dancing through challenges.
    Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 27 July 2024
  • Our senior captain Fernando Torres, had a good scoring chance but we were called offsides and Zeke Munoz hit a screamer from 30 yards out that hit the post and ricocheted out.
    Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The onset of a deep romantic bond proves as terrifying here as the apparent loss of love chronicled in past weepers.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Our front yard swarmed with mourners, some weeping like children, others consoling the weepers, and the rest loudly reciting verses from the Quran, in memoriam to Uncle Usama.
    Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • This is the gold star of silent crybabies, heaped high with silent scorn, disapproval and frustration, all at once.
    John Bowe, Contributor, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The ‘crybaby’ gesture was recalled by Madrid supporters when Mallorca lost last season’s Copa del Rey final on penalties to Bilbao’s Athletic Club and a disappointed Maffeo was in tears afterwards.
    Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Bawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bawler. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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