Bawler

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who vocally exhibits their emotions through loud sobbing or crying
2. An individual who loudly expresses sorrow or distress with tears
3. A person known for making noisy crying sounds when upset

Etymology: "Bawler" is simply "bawl" with the agent suffix "-er," meaning one who bawls, a person who cries or shouts loudly. The suffix has a long pedigree. It traces back through Proto-Italic and Latin "-arius," which denoted a person connected with a trade or activity, and it reached English through two routes: Old English "-ere" from Proto-Germanic, and Old French "-ier," which carried the Latin form into the language. The two streams merged in Middle English as "-er," so an English speaker adding "-er" to a verb today is drawing on both. The verb "bawl" itself is the base of the story, and its suffix is what makes "bawler" a plain, transparent formation rather than a borrowed or coined term.

Synonyms: crier, shouter

Antonyms: whisperer