📢 A loud shouter 😭 A noisy crier

bawler

8.6

A person or animal who cries loudly when upset

noun
/ˈbɔːlər/

: llorón

The baby is a loud bawler.

Examples

He earned a reputation as a bawler every time things didn't go his way.
During the movie, the toddler became such a bawler that they had to leave early.
Everybody in the ward could hear the bawler in the next room.
Why is that bawler crying so much?
The baby's loud cries turned him into a real bawler during the long car ride.
Every time he heard thunder, the dog became a bawler, whimpering and howling in fear.
At the sad movie, she couldn't stop herself from being a bawler, sobbing openly in her seat.

Synonyms

crier

vsbawler

6 6.1

A person who often sheds tears, for example at sad movies

is loud and noisy person rather than simply frequent tearfulness

weeper

vsbawler

1 6.5

A person who often cries in sad or emotional situations

is loud noisy crying rather than quiet or habitual tearing

shrieker

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1 5.6

Someone or something that makes a loud high sound

is loud noisy crying rather than sudden piercing screams

wailer

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1 7.9

A person who cries loudly for a long time to show they are very sad, often at funerals

is loud and noisy generally rather than long mournful crying

sobber

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8.4

A person who cries loudly and cannot stop because they feel very sad or upset

is noisy crying but not always uncontrolled by feeling

blubberer

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Informal

9.1

A person who cries loudly and uncontrollably

is noisy crying without the specifically exaggerated tone

blubberhead

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Slang

9.9

A person who cries loudly and acts very upset

is loud noisy crying but less focused on silliness or insult

brayer

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9.9

A person or animal that makes a loud harsh cry

is loud noisy weeping but not limited to harsh animal cries

tearer

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7.9

A person who cries easily or often

is noisy loud weeping rather than only producing tears quietly

Antonyms

quiet one

4 5.3

A person in a group who speaks very little and listens more than others

How Loud

wailer

1 7.9

bawler

8.6

weeper

1 6.5

Surface Forms

bawler singular

bawlers plural

Morphology

bawler = bawl (transparent) = bawl + er

Agentive/nominal '-er' added to 'bawl' meaning 'one who baws/ cries loudly'; sense aligns with one of the verb senses.

Etymology

Bawler comes from the verb bawl, which means 'to cry or shout loudly', together with the ending -er meaning 'one who'. So a bawler is a person or animal who cries or weeps loudly and noisily.