BELLOWING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

bellowing

verb

Definition of bellowing next

present participle of bellow

as in roaring

to make a long loud deep noise or cry the cow bellowed for her calf

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in shouting

to speak so as to be heard at a distance a drill instructor bellowing orders at new recruits during basic training

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of bellowing While en route, firefighters saw a large column of smoke bellowing from the area and realized the severity of the incident and sought additional help to the scene. —

Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026 Mohr uses these more in-the-red tracks as the opportunity to unleash bellowing vocal delivery that she’s seldom explored before. —

Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026 Her students and two children were left shattered by the loss of one of their best cheerleaders, who could be found at many of their performances with a big, bright and bellowing laugh. —

David John Chávez, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026 Big Mistakes opens with the sounds of Laurie Metcalf bellowing about the indignities of death. —

Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026 Directly before voting began, Ben Gvir made a bellowing speech from the podium, describing the law as long overdue and a sign of strength and national pride. —

Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026 The bellowing announcer was not-particularly-funny comedian Bert Kreischer, who has nothing to do with baseball but has a new series on Netflix. —

Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026 Both its French and English versions use simple clear language to make devastating points about how quickly society can disintegrate into bellowing madness. —

Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026 That surprise of illumination, that miraculous, orbiting satellite in the dark, bellowing night. —

Literary Hub, 17 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bellowing

Verb

Vaccination rates have slipped, and large, multistate outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases have inevitably come roaring back.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
On May 10 the man who lived for speed — and possessed an otherworldly ability to control his car while roaring around a racetrack at more than 200 mph — radioed his crew during the final laps of New York’s Watkins Glen International, requesting that a doctor meet him on his bus.

— Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026