Synonyms of yowling

yowling 1 of 2

adjective

as in vocal

engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest

town meeting is always full of yowling residents who never seem to be happy with anything the town does

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vocal
• outspoken
• blatant
• squawking
• caterwauling
• vociferous
• noisy
• yawping
• obstreperous
• shrill
• vociferating
• clamorous
• clamant
• yauping
• vociferant
• raucous
• boisterous
• rowdy
• strident
• loudmouthed
• earsplitting
• dissonant
• cacophonous
• clangorous
• blaring
• brazen
• discordant
• robustious
• uproarious
• rackety
• dinning
• grating
• brassy
• blustering
• booming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• silent
• quiet
• still
• calm
• noiseless
• soundless
• subdued
• hushed

yowling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of yowl

1

as in complaining

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely

a bitterly cold winter that had people yowling about their heating bills

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complaining
• screaming
• whining
• moaning
• muttering
• growling
• whimpering
• caterwauling
• squealing
• grumbling
• squawking
• wailing
• hollering
• kicking
• yawping
• crying
• worrying
• bitching
• yammering
• whingeing
• grousing
• grizzling
• murmuring
• grouching
• keening
• kvetching
• bellyaching
• bleating
• nagging
• grumping
• whinging
• griping
• carping
• inveighing
• repining
• beefing
• crabbing
• croaking
• kicking up a fuss
• maundering
• protesting
• fussing
• kicking up a stink
• yauping
• sobbing
• quarrelling (with)
• quarreling (with)
• objecting (to)
• cavilling
• quibbling
• blubbering
• stewing
• caviling
• fretting
• lamenting
• bewailing
• deploring
• bemoaning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoicing
• delighting
• crowing
• enduring
• taking
• accepting
• tolerating
• bearing
• cheering
• applauding
• commending
• countenancing

2

as in howling

to make a long loud mournful sound

coyotes yowling at the moon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• howling
• screaming
• shrieking
• wailing
• yelling
• ululating
• keening
• baying
• screeching
• yelping
• caterwauling
• squealing
• squalling
• shrilling
• bawling
• yawping
• yauping