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Synonyms & Antonyms of howling
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
as in screaming, yelling
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for howling
- caterwauling,
- clamant,
- squawking,
- vociferant,
- vociferating,
- yawping
- (or yauping),
- yowling
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for howling
2
as in crying, moaning
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for howling
- brokenhearted,
- careworn,
- crestfallen,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- forlorn,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- low-spirited,
- miserable,
- sad,
- triste,
- unhappy,
- woebegone
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- dispirited,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- inconsolable,
- tearful
- black,
- bleak,
- cheerless,
- comfortless,
- dark,
- darkening,
- desolate,
- dismal,
- dreary,
- funereal,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- gray
- (also grey),
- joyless,
- low,
- miserable,
- moody,
- morbid,
- morose,
- pathetic,
- pessimistic,
- piteous,
- saturnine,
- somber
- (or sombre),
- sullen,
- wretched
- dirgelike,
- elegiac
- (also elegiacal),
- melancholy
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for howling
- ecstatic,
- elated,
- euphoric,
- exhilarated,
- giddy,
- heady,
- rapturous,
- rhapsodic
- (also rhapsodical)
howling
verbpresent participle of howl
Synonyms & Antonyms of howling (Entry 2 of 2)
1
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
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2
to cry out loudly and emotionally
- the boy howled in pain when his baby sister bit him
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The first known use of howling was in 1599
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