as in to whimper
to utter feeble plaintive cries
the tiny kitten mewled for its mother
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Recent Examples of mewl
In a closed primary state, stop mewling and join a party or keep quiet.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2026
Their swollen limbs, skeletal frames, and mewling cries of desperation are what keep me awake at night.
—
Jennifer Furin,
TIME,
19 Feb. 2025
Stray cats followed us around, mewling from hunger.
—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
Henry has unexpectedly become a dad, and must deal with a screaming, mewling baby that resembles a small skinned animal.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
Tannahill, now jerked upside down, would mewl and scream and clamber down a wall.
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Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
29 Mar. 2023
That’s the music I was raised on: Morrissey’s mewling over beautiful, peppy Johnny Marr guitar parts.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2018
Somewhere in the dark of the room, a kitten mewled.
—
James Queally and Anh Do,
latimes.com,
9 Oct. 2017
The cats, which spent the first day mewling, have mellowed out.
—
Warren Richey,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Sep. 2017
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2026
Their swollen limbs, skeletal frames, and mewling cries of desperation are what keep me awake at night.
—
Jennifer Furin,
TIME,
19 Feb. 2025
Stray cats followed us around, mewling from hunger.
—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
Henry has unexpectedly become a dad, and must deal with a screaming, mewling baby that resembles a small skinned animal.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
Tannahill, now jerked upside down, would mewl and scream and clamber down a wall.
—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
29 Mar. 2023
That’s the music I was raised on: Morrissey’s mewling over beautiful, peppy Johnny Marr guitar parts.
—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2018
Somewhere in the dark of the room, a kitten mewled.
—
James Queally and Anh Do,
latimes.com,
9 Oct. 2017
The cats, which spent the first day mewling, have mellowed out.
—
Warren Richey,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mewl
Verb
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That admission led to gasps and whimpering by several courtroom observers.
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Arms flew around in exasperation, and the woman left the table for such a long time that the large dog lying at their feet sat up and whimpered in the direction of her departure.
Verb
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White men and women have cried after trying the shackles.
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And just like that, the wait to cry is on.
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“Mewl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mewl. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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