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[ noun ] a long loud emotional utterance

Synonyms

howling ululation

Examples

"he gave a howl of pain" "howls of laughter" "their howling had no effect"

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

Before you let_loose a howl saying we announced its coming , not once but several times , indeed we did .

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

Piepsam calls the cyclist `` cur '' and `` puppy '' among other things , and at the crisis of his fit a little fox-terrier stands before him and howls into his face .

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

The patrol snaked around in back of the cave , approached it from above and dropped in suddenly with wild howls .

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

Such was the impromptu that Voltaire gave to howls of laughter at Sans_Souci and that was soon circulated in manuscript throughout the literary circles of Europe , to be printed sometime later , but with the name of Timon_of_Athens , the famous misanthrope , substituted for that of Rousseau .

Related terms

utterance roar

2
[ verb ] emit long loud cries

Synonyms

wail roar yawl ululate

Examples

"wail in self-pity", "howl with sorrow"

Related terms

shout squall bellow wailing wailer

3
[ verb ] laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

Synonyms

roar

Related terms

laugh bellow

4
[ verb ] make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles

Synonyms

roar

Examples

"The wind was howling in the trees" "The water roared down the chute"

Related terms

make_noise thunder vroom yawp

5
[ noun ] the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf

Related terms

cry

6
[ verb ] cry loudly, as of animals

Synonyms

yammer yowl wrawl

Examples

"The coyotes were howling in the desert"

Related terms

utter bellow

7
[ noun ] a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound

Examples

"the howl of the wind made him restless"

Related terms

noise squeal roar

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