as in to whimper
to utter feeble plaintive cries
the tiny kitten mewled for its mother
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Recent Examples of mewl
In a closed primary state, stop mewling and join a party or keep quiet.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
Their swollen limbs, skeletal frames, and mewling cries of desperation are what keep me awake at night.
—Jennifer Furin, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Stray cats followed us around, mewling from hunger.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Henry has unexpectedly become a dad, and must deal with a screaming, mewling baby that resembles a small skinned animal.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Tannahill, now jerked upside down, would mewl and scream and clamber down a wall.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
That’s the music I was raised on: Morrissey’s mewling over beautiful, peppy Johnny Marr guitar parts.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2018
Somewhere in the dark of the room, a kitten mewled.
—James Queally and Anh Do, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
The cats, which spent the first day mewling, have mellowed out.
—Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2017
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
Their swollen limbs, skeletal frames, and mewling cries of desperation are what keep me awake at night.
—Jennifer Furin, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Stray cats followed us around, mewling from hunger.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Henry has unexpectedly become a dad, and must deal with a screaming, mewling baby that resembles a small skinned animal.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Tannahill, now jerked upside down, would mewl and scream and clamber down a wall.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
That’s the music I was raised on: Morrissey’s mewling over beautiful, peppy Johnny Marr guitar parts.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2018
Somewhere in the dark of the room, a kitten mewled.
—James Queally and Anh Do, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
The cats, which spent the first day mewling, have mellowed out.
—Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mewl
Verb
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Arms flew around in exasperation, and the woman left the table for such a long time that the large dog lying at their feet sat up and whimpered in the direction of her departure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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As the timer passed seven minutes, Steve Eckert exhorted a whimpering young man to dunk his head underwater.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Especially Melanie, who was crying her foundation off before the vote was even announced.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 June 2026
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His wife, Alicia Brown, posted a video on her verified Instagram page Sunday where she is seen crying while revealing what appears to be multiple stitches above and below her left eyebrow.—
Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
12 June 2026
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“Mewl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mewl. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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