yowling

yowling

adjective

Definition of YOWLING

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 blatant, caterwauling, clamant, clamorous, obstreperous, squawking, vociferant, vociferating, yawping (or yauping), yowling

Related Words clangorous, dinning, discordant, noisy; loudmouthed, outspoken, vocal; boisterous, rackety, raucous, robustious, rowdy, uproarious; cacophonous, dissonant, earsplitting, grating, shrill, strident; blaring, blustering, booming, brassy, brazen

Near Antonyms noiseless, quiet, silent, soundless, still; calm, hushed, subdued

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