bowels
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bowels
- /ˈbaʊ.əlz/ US
Rhymes with -aʊəlz
noun
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The deepest or innermost part.
down in the bowels of the Earth
Similar: centre/center, core, heart
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The concept or quality that defines something at its very core.
the project’s bowels
Similar: crux, essence, guts, bowels, sum, brass tacks, core, gist, drift, gravamen, heart, heart and soul
- The intestines.
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Compassion, sympathy.
Therefore in fierce tempest is he coming, / In thunder and in earthquake, like a Jove, / That, if requiring fail, he will compel; / And bids you, in the bowels of the Lord, / Deliver up the crown, and to take mercy / On the poor souls for whom this hungry war / Opens his vasty jaws
Similar: fellow feeling, pity, bowels, commiseration, compassion, empathy, mercy, remorse, rue, ruth, sympathy, tenderheartedness
- The body as the source of offspring. And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it?
noun
- plural of bowel
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gut, intestine, insides, guts, innards, costive, constipated, loins, entrails, casings, gutters, hoses, intestines, colon, viscera, small intestine
Translations
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noun deepest or innermost part
| Español | profundidades, entrañas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 알맹이 almaeng'i |
| Português | entranhas |
| Deutsch | Tiefen, Eingeweide, Innerstes, Verborgenes |
| Italiano | profondità, viscere |
| Русский | нутро́ nutró, вну́тренности vnútrennosti, не́дра nédra |
noun concept or quality that defines something at its very core
| 한국어 | 알맹이 almaeng'i |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Wesenskern, innerstes Wesen, innerster Kern |
| Русский | ядро́ jadró |
noun intestines
| Español | intestinos, entrañas, vientre |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 배알 baeal, 창자 changja |
| 日本語 | 腸 |
| 中文 | 腸 /肠 cháng, 腸子 /肠子 chángzi |
| Português | intestinos |
| Français | entrailles, boyaux |
| Deutsch | Gedärme, Eingeweide |
| Italiano | interiora, budella |
| Русский | кишки́ kiškí |
| Tiếng Việt | ruột, tràng |
| العربية | مِعًى miʕan |
Talk about this word "bowels." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bowels. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bowels. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bowels "bowels." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bowels.Cite this
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title = {bowels},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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