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Another word for howl

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Verb

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

      1. (Intransitive) Utter a yowl.
      2. To say or utter with a yowl.
      3. To utter a long loud mournful cry; wail.
      1. (Slang, Jazz) To play in an intense or inspired manner
      2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
      3. To express grief or pain by long, loud cries
      1. To howl or hoot
      2. To wail or lament loudly
      3. To howl, wail, or lament loudly, especially by alternating rapidly between two high-pitched sounds.
      1. To complain about; bewail
      2. To complain, lament, grieve, etc.
      3. To complain, lament, or grieve:
      1. To utter a deep, prolonged bark.
      2. To bark or howl in long, deep tones
      3. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
    See also:

    sounds

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

    See also:

    sounds

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

      1. (Intransitive) Utter a yowl.
      2. To utter a long loud mournful cry; wail.
      3. To say or utter with a yowl.
      1. To emit or run with drops of liquid:
      2. To shed (tears) as an expression of emotion:
      3. To manifest or give expression to a strong emotion, usually grief or sorrow, by crying, wailing, or, esp., shedding tears
      1. To express grief or pain by long, loud cries
      2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
      3. To cry out in mourning or lamentation
      1. To put or bring (oneself) into a specified condition by sobbing:
      2. To weep aloud with a catch or break in the voice and short, gasping breaths
      3. To weep aloud with convulsive gasping; cry uncontrollably.
      1. To wail in lamentation, especially for the dead.
      2. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
      3. (Intransitive) To utter a keen.
      1. To sob and shed tears, in expressing sorrow, pain, grief, etc.; weep
      2. To shed tears, especially as a result of strong emotion such as grief, sorrow, pain, or joy.
      3. (Archaic) To beg for; implore:
      1. To say while blubbering
      2. To sob noisily.
      3. To utter while crying and sobbing.
      1. To shout or call out noisily; bellow; yell
      2. To weep and wail loudly
      3. To cry or sob loudly; wail.
    See also:

    sounds

    happy

  4. To express great amusement or mirth

    See also:

    laughter

Noun

  1. A long, mournful cry

    See also:

    sounds

  2. Something or someone uproariously funny or absurd

      1. A violent public disturbance of the peace, by a number of persons (specified, in law, usually as three or more) assembled together
      2. A wild or turbulent disturbance created by a large number of people.
      3. (Slang) An irresistibly funny person or thing:
      1. (Slang) A person or thing that is considered extremely funny.
      2. A widespread fear of the collapse of the financial system, resulting in unreasoned attempts to turn property into cash, withdraw money, etc.
      3. A sudden widespread alarm concerning finances, often resulting in a rush to sell property to raise cash.
      1. (US) gas pedal
      2. A gaseous fuel, such as natural gas.
      3. A condition resulting from indigestion in which such gas causes abdominal bloating, flatulence, etc.
      1. A sharp, piercing cry; shriek
      2. (Informal) A person or thing considered hilariously funny
      3. Any shrill, piercing sound
      1. The act or sound of laughing
      2. The sound of laughing; laughter.
      3. (Informal) Something amusing, absurd, or contemptible; a joke:
      1. Something that is of ludicrously poor quality:
      2. (Informal) Something not to be taken seriously; a triviality:
      3. Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.
      1. Any sound like this
      2. A sound suggesting the cry of an owl, especially the sound of a horn.
      3. (US, slang) A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
      1. An absurd idea or thing
      2. The quality or state of being absurd; nonsense
    Idioms:
    See also:

    laughter

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Another word for howl

Noun
      1. An outward expression of sorrow; lamentation; wail
      2. A feeling or expression of grief; a lamentation.
      3. A literary or musical composition, as an elegy or dirge, mourning some death or calamity
      1. The act of wailing
      2. A sound like this
      3. A long, loud, high-pitched sound:
      1. A long, low vocal sound as of sorrow or pain or of sexual pleasure
      2. A similar sound:
      3. A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain.
    See also:

    yell

    cry

Verb
      1. To express grief for or about; mourn:
      2. To regret deeply; deplore:
      3. To grieve audibly; wail.
      1. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
      2. To cry out in mourning or lamentation
      3. To lament over; bewail.
      1. To shout or call out noisily; bellow; yell
      2. To cry or sob loudly; wail.
      3. To weep and wail loudly
    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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