BARKING Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

barking 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of bark

as in peeling

to remove the natural covering of barking a tree will probably kill it

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2 of 2

verb (2)

present participle of bark

as in shouting

to speak sharply or irritably the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them

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Giamatti makes Jerry ferocious but not monstruous, a man who certainly likes barking orders at various underlings but loves making good theater even more. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026 Suddenly Danger started barking in the direction of the jungle. — Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026 With the Indiana Fever holding an 81-75 lead during a third-quarter timeout, Cloud began barking toward Freedom, who was seated courtside. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Rather than having dog kennels lined up across from each other like in traditional shelters, the New Leash on Life design will have kennels on one side facing a hallway to reduce barking and stress. — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 She was awakened in the middle of the night by her barking dog and the sound of a woman screaming in the street. — City News Service, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 While some Boeing planes also use PTUs, the mechanism is different and doesn’t produce the same barking sound. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026 Instead of barking back, his commander accepted the boundary and deferred the task to the following week. — Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026 The health section shows activity, sleep, heart rate, respiratory rate, scratching, and barking. — Tyler Hayes, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for barking

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Unlike other cucumbers, their skin is edible, so peeling is not necessary when preparing them.

— Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2026
Common problems include bubbles, trimming errors, poor adhesion from dirty glass, confusion over backing liners and peeling after repositioning.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of peeling

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Getting around interference The biggest technical hurdle in spectrum sharing is interference – what happens when two signals overlap and scramble each other, like two people shouting different things in your ear at the same time.

— Aylin Yener, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
Those who speak a password, released via social media, receive a fake business card, which does mean many a guest is standing there shouting a password at the actor.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of shouting

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The internet is full of photos of 841 munching on purloined surfboards and then sitting on top of them, snarling at baffled young men in wet suits who try, and then think better of, fighting her for their property.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Friday, spilling lumber across lanes and snarling the downtown Sacramento commute.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of snarling

Verb

Yet tackling noise issues is challenging in part because the sources vary — think traffic on a busy street in Manhattan versus yelling in a neighboring room.

— Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
The trapped man was discovered when the driver of the Recology commercial collection truck was emptying a dumpster at a hotel on the 100 block of Mason Street and heard yelling, according to Robert Reed, a spokesman for Recology.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of yelling

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By the time the rock legends arrived, the black carpet was empty, aside from the herd of photographers and screaming fans.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2026
Within seconds, protesters swarmed among the agents, screaming and holding their cellphones aloft.

— Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of screaming

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Video captured from the drone’s perspective and released on Facebook, shows the frustrated bobcat standing by a staircase, growling and arching its back at the hovering machine.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026
As Koji’s character is thrust into a cage at an underground prison brawl, Momoa’s Blanka can be heard growling off screen.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 30 July 2026

Definition of growling

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