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present participle of holler
Synonyms & Antonyms of hollering
1
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
- another city council meeting with residents hollering about the unsatisfactory collection of garbage
Synonyms for hollering
- beefing,
- bellyaching,
- bitching,
- bleating,
- carping,
- caterwauling,
- complaining,
- crabbing,
- croaking,
- fussing,
- griping,
- grizzling,
- grouching,
- grousing,
- growling,
- grumbling,
- grumping,
- inveighing,
- keening,
- kicking,
- kvetching,
- maundering
- [chiefly British],
- moaning,
- murmuring,
- muttering,
- nagging,
- repining,
- screaming,
- squawking,
- squealing,
- wailing,
- whimpering,
- whinging
- (or whingeing)
- [British],
- whining,
- yammering,
- yawping
- (or yauping),
- yowling
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2
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
- there's no need to holler; I'm in the next room
Synonyms for hollering
- bawling,
- baying,
- bellowing,
- calling,
- crying,
- holloing
- (or hallooing),
- roaring,
- shouting,
- sounding off,
- thundering,
- vociferating,
- yelling
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“Hollering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollering. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.
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