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Another word for howl

Verb

  1. To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound

    2. See also:

    sounds

  2. To cry loudly, as a healthy child does from pain or distress

    3. See also:

    sounds

  3. To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears

    4. See also:

    sounds

    happy

  4. To express great amusement or mirth

    5. See also:

    laughter

Another word for howl

Noun

  1. A long, mournful cry

    2. See also:

    sounds

  2. Something or someone uproariously funny or absurd

    3. Idioms:
    See also:

    laughter

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Another word for howl

Noun
    2. See also:

    yell

    cry

Another word for howl

Verb
    2. See also:

    yell

    cry

Idioms:

    one's night to howl

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Sentence Examples

  • He cupped his hand to her ear so she could hear over the howl of the rising wind.

  • Against this work and the Ethics of Spinoza the orthodox Cartesians (who were in the majority), no less than sceptical hangers-on like Bayle, raised an all but universal howl of reprobation, scarcely broken for about a century.

  • When the animal is excited, the howl changes into what has been compared to demoniac laughter, whence the name of "laughing-hyena."

  • RUDRA (probably from the root rud, " to howl," hence "the howler"), in Hindu Vedic mythology, a storm god, and father of the Maruts who are frequently called Rudriyas.

  • Or maybe you'll end up sitting out on the porch listening to the howl of coyotes in the distance while you sip your instant hot cocoa.

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