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plural of squall
Synonyms & Antonyms of squalls
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
a disturbance of the atmosphere accompanied by wind and often by precipitation (as rain or snow)
- a snow squall is expected tonight
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2
a state of noisy, confused activity
- the annual squall created when the store holds its biggest sale of the year
Synonyms for squalls
- ados,
- alarums and excursions,
- ballyhoos,
- blathers,
- bluster,
- bobberies,
- bothers,
- bustles,
- clatters,
- clutters
- [chiefly dialect],
- coils,
- commotions,
- corroborees
- [Australian],
- disturbances,
- dos
- (or do's)
- [chiefly dialect],
- foofaraws,
- fun,
- furores,
- furors,
- fusses,
- helter-skelters,
- hoo-has
- (also hoo-hahs),
- hooplas,
- hubble-bubbles,
- hubbubs,
- hullabaloos,
- hurlies,
- hurly-burlies,
- hurricanes,
- hurry-scurries
- (or hurry-skurries),
- kerfuffles
- [chiefly British],
- moils,
- pandemoniums,
- pothers,
- rows,
- ruckuses,
- ructions,
- rumpuses,
- shindys
- (or shindies),
- splores
- [Scottish],
- stews,
- stirs,
- storms,
- to-dos,
- tumults,
- turmoils,
- uproars,
- welters,
- whirls,
- williwaws,
- zoos
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- calms,
- hushes,
- peaces,
- quiets,
- quietudes,
- rests,
- tranquillities
- (or tranquilities)
squalls
verb
present tense third-person singular of squall
Synonyms & Antonyms of squalls (Entry 2 of 2)
to cry out loudly and emotionally
- the baby squalled in pain
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“Squalls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squalls. Accessed 15 Oct. 2021.
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