Howl

Noun

 * 1) The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
 * 2) A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.

Verb

 * 1) To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
 * 2) To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
 * 3) To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
 * 4) To utter with outcry.

Adjectives for Howl
long; loud; piteous; increasing; reverberate; unearthly; occasional; barbaric; tumultuous; deep; wild; ghastly; triumphant; angry; prolonged; fearful; dismal; lugubrious.

Verbs for Howl
break into—; muffle—; prolong—; subdue —; unleash—; utter—; —arises; —astonishes; —breaks out; —distresses; —frightens; —penetrates; —pierces; —rends; —rips through; —terrifies; —confuses.

Adverbs for Howl
dismally; incessantly; bleakly; victoriously; gruesomely; sickeningly; heart-rendingly; ironically; blatantly; eerily.

Thesaurus
Bedlam let loose, air a grievance, animal noise, bark, barking, battle cry, bawl, bay, bedlam, beef, beefing, bell, bellow, bellyache, bellyaching, birdcall, bitch, bitching, blare, blast, blat, blate, bleat, bobbery, boggle, boycott, brawl, bray, brouhaha, call, call in question, caterwaul, challenge, charivari, cheer, chirm, clamor, clang, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, complain, complaining, complaint, compunction, crab, creak, croak, cry, cry out, cry out against, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demonstration, demur, demurrer, destructive criticism, din, discord, dispute, dissent, dolorous tirade, donnybrook, drunken brawl, dustup, enter a protest, exception, expostulate, expostulation, faultfinding, flap, fracas, free-for-all, fret, fret and fume, fuss, give tongue, give voice, grievance, grievance committee, gripe, griping, groan, groaning, grouch, grouse, grousing, growl, grumble, grumbling, grunt, hail, halloo, hell broke loose, holler, hollo, hoot, howling, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurrah, indignation meeting, jangle, jeremiad, keen, kick, kicking, lament, lodge a complaint, loud noise, low, make an outcry, march, mating call, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moan, moo, murmur, murmuring, mutter, neigh, nicker, noise, noise and shouting, nonviolent protest, note, object, objection, outcry, pandemonium, panic, peeve, peevishness, pet peeve, petulance, picket, picketing, pipe, plaint, planctus, press objections, protest, protest demonstration, protestation, pule, qualm, querulousness, racket, raise a howl, rally, rallying cry, rattle, register a complaint, remonstrance, remonstrate, remonstration, rhubarb, roar, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, scolding, screak, scream, screech, scruple, shindy, shivaree, shout, shriek, shrill, sidesplitter, sigh, sing, sit in, sit-in, skirl, skreigh, snarl, sniping, sob, sough, squall, squawk, squawking, squeak, squeal, state a grievance, stridulation, strike, take on, teach in, teach-in, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, tirade, troat, tumult, ululate, ululation, uproar, wail, wail of woe, wailing, war cry, war whoop, whicker, whimper, whine, whining, whinny, whisper, whistle, whoop, woodnote, wrawl, yammer, yap, yapping, yawl, yawp, yell, yell bloody murder, yelp, yelping, yip, yo-ho, yowl

Etymology
From (c.1220) houlen, probably imitative

Pronunciation




Noun

 * Catalan: udol
 * Czech: vytí
 * Dutch: gehuil
 * Finnish: ulvonta
 * French: hurlement
 * Italian:
 * Italian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 遠吠え, 叫び声
 * Korean: 울음 (ur-eum), 울부짖음 (ulbujij-eum), 우짖음 (ujij-eum)
 * Kurdish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: вой
 * Spanish: aullido
 * Turkish: uluma, inilti


 * Catalan: udol, udol
 * Czech: zavytí
 * Dutch: gebrul, gehuil , gejammer


 * Finnish: ulvonta
 * Japanese: 嘆き, 絶叫
 * Korean: 울부짖음 (ulbujij-eum)

Verb

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: udolar
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ulvoa
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian: ululare
 * Japanese: 遠吠えする


 * Korean: 울다 (ulda), 울부짖다 (ulbujitda), 우짖다 (ujitda)
 * Kurdish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: yla
 * Turkish: ulumak


 * Catalan: udolar
 * Czech:, skučet, kvílet
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ulvoa


 * Japanese: 叫ぶ, 絶叫する
 * Korean: 울부짖다 (ulbujitda), 외치다 (oechida)
 * Turkish: inlemek


 * Catalan: udolar
 * Dutch: uitroepen, uitschreeuwen
 * Finnish: ulvoa


 * Japanese: 叫ぶ
 * Korean: 외치다 (oechida)

Noun

 * 1) The sun