howlers

noun

plural of howler
1
as in screams

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2
as in blunders

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for howlers
  1. screams
  2. blunders
  3. riots
  4. flubs
  5. laughs
  6. goofs
  7. knee-slappers
  8. hoots
Noun
  • Two soldiers who initially seemed kind took her into the jungle, held her at gunpoint and raped her while holding her mouth shut to stifle her screams.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Bernthal screams, pointing down at the vomit (which is thankfully off-screen for the rest of us).
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 July 2026
Definition of screams
Noun
  • But the show’s episodic structure actually softens the impact of these blunders.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 July 2026
  • The real cost of getting it wrong Marketing blunders are often amusing, and some of these examples have become business school case studies of what not to do.
    — Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Definition of blunders
Noun
  • Carson knew that Belafonte would address issues then roiling the country that would, that summer, explode into riots.
    — Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026
  • Characters make frequent reference to political mood, and to major events in the 1980s — from assassinations to widespread riots — that thrust the Sikh community into the national spotlight.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 July 2026
Definition of riots
Noun
  • But those are only the flubs that Jeopardy judges catch and acknowledge during tapings.
    — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
  • In a recent Instagram post, the 56-year-old former TV journalist uploaded a montage of her past on-air flubs alongside a message about perseverance and living with dyslexia.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
Definition of flubs
Noun
  • How was Clements able to tailor his writing for a wide audience but still give them plenty of laughs?
    — William Earl, Variety, 24 July 2026
  • Matt’s Ocean’s Thirteen costar, George Clooney, brought the laughs at the film’s premiere in Las Vegas in 2007.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Definition of laughs
Noun
  • Johnny Carson made fun of politicians, but mostly their public goofs, not their policies.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • These compounding goofs demand accountability and a sober reassessment of the competence of American leadership.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of goofs
Noun
  • On dinner tables frequented by Brussels sprouts, meatloaf is the well-meaning uncle whose knee-slappers are beloved, but not particularly hip.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of knee-slappers
Noun
  • Their hoots and hollers drowned Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s explanation of how a title defense fell short.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 31 May 2026
  • Wiseman said to hoots from the crowd of media gathered at the site.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of hoots
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