Synonyms of howling

howling 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in yelling

Related Words

• yelling
• screaming
• vocal
• squawking
• yawping
• noisy
• yowling
• outspoken
• vociferous
• loudmouthed
• caterwauling
• strident
• vociferating
• dissonant
• blatant
• clamant
• cacophonous
• obstreperous
• open-mouthed
• vociferant
• sonorous
• yelping
• clamorous
• squealing
• earsplitting
• resounding
• uproarious
• blaring
• booming
• whining
• yapping
• brazen
• clanging
• whiny
• brassy
• penetrating
• nasal
• piercing
• jangly
• sharp

Dissimilar Words

• calm
• silent
• hushed
• quiet
• still
• muffled
• noiseless
• muted
• softened
• soundless
• toned (down)

2

as in crying

Related Words

• crying
• moaning
• groaning
• bawling
• sad
• keening
• unhappy
• bleeding
• woebegone
• gloomy
• yammering
• forlorn
• crestfallen
• suffering
• miserable
• glum
• careworn
• brokenhearted
• inconsolable
• disconsolate
• tearful
• wailing
• dejected
• heartsick
• dispirited
• gray
• depressed
• low-spirited
• sullen
• downcast
• despondent
• piteous
• morbid
• darkening
• morose
• dismal
• cheerless
• moody
• dark
• bleak
• black
• desolate
• pessimistic
• pathetic
• somber
• joyless
• saturnine
• triste
• weeping
• dreary
• anguished
• funereal
• comfortless
• melancholy
• elegiac
• aching
• plaintive
• wretched
• downhearted
• mournful
• heartsore
• agonized
• doleful
• sorrowful
• lugubrious
• dolorous
• lamentable
• grieving
• woeful
• heartbroken
• regretful
• low
• funeral
• rueful
• bitter
• plangent
• dirgelike
• sorry
• bewailing
• bemoaning
• deploring
• dolesome

Dissimilar Words

• happy
• triumphant
• joyful
• laughing
• delighted
• smiling
• cheerful
• bright
• cheery
• rejoicing
• exulting
• joyous
• merry
• cheering
• jolly
• glorying
• blissful
• mirthful
• blithe
• buoyant
• encouraging
• optimistic
• hopeful
• ecstatic
• lighthearted
• giddy
• rapturous
• euphoric
• blithesome
• rhapsodic
• heady
• jocund
• elated
• exhilarated

howling

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verb

present participle of howl

1

as in screaming

to make a long loud mournful sound

several coyotes began howling close by as the sun went down

the wind howled on the open plain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• screaming
• shrieking
• wailing
• yelling
• baying
• yowling
• keening
• screeching
• squealing
• ululating
• yelping
• shrilling
• squalling
• bawling
• caterwauling
• yawping

2

as in shrieking

to cry out loudly and emotionally

the boy howled in pain when his baby sister bit him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shrieking
• screaming
• squealing
• yelling
• crying
• screeching
• yelping
• shrilling
• squalling
• wailing
• shouting
• squawking
• yowling
• baying
• keening
• caterwauling
• hollering
• thundering
• yawping
• bawling
• vociferating
• calling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• whispering
• muttering
• murmuring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of howling

Adjective

After the rain stopped, there was a strange howling sound from the wind that was loud, constant, and all night long. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025

Aaron Chown—Press Association via AP Images People remove a new artwork by Banksy, depicting a howling wolf painted on a satellite dish that was placed on a shop roof in Peckham, south London. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 10 Sep. 2025

Verb

Late one night in October, 2017, Jane Marx, a landscape architect in the wine country of Northern California, woke up to the smell of smoke and the sound of an eerie, howling wind. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Leithauser was the distinctive, often howling voice of the Walkmen, while Rostam was a songwriter and producer in Vampire Weekend. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 17 Sep. 2026