bayed

verb

past tense of bay
1
as in shouted
to speak so as to be heard at a distance the mob was baying for revenge

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2
as in howled
to make a long loud mournful sound the lonesome beagle bayed whenever someone walked by

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bayed
  1. shouted
  2. howled
  3. yelled
  4. cried
  5. hollered
Verb
  • The accuser recalled banging on the locked toilet door to escape and says a man outside may have shouted to ask if everything was okay.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Children shouted, amped up on sugar and adrenaline, while orange leaves crunched under their feet.
    — Isa Mudannayake, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of shouted
Verb
  • Temperatures in the area were in the mid-90s and winds howled with gusts of up to 35 mph, a less-than-ideal situation for firefighters.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The killings had begun, and the few protesters still waiting in the cold rain howled, their worst nightmares finally made real.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of howled
Verb
  • When the woman yelled at the driver to stop following her, the man shouted an expletive and threw a glass bottle into her car.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The kid was encouraged to dominate 5U beginner soccer kids by a father who yelled to keep the ball.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of yelled
Verb
  • The two embraced outside the courtroom after the decision as Floris cried tears of relief.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • According to royal biographer Ingrid Seward, the former couple both cried.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of cried
Verb
  • Families climbed to their rooftops and hollered for rescuers.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • As players and coaches hooted and hollered for Richman’s win, Mills socked a cheering Richman with a right hook to his facemask.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of hollered
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“Bayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bayed. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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