yelling 1 of 2

adjective

as in screaming

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yelling

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verb

present participle of yell
1
as in shrieking
to cry out loudly and emotionally yelled with fear when the speeding car veered onto the crowded sidewalk

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2
as in shouting
to speak so as to be heard at a distance I yelled to the kids in the backyard that it was time to go home

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Recent Examples of yelling
Adjective
Think Pictionary, but with way more yelling and questionable drawings. — Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
My wife is at her head yelling, ‘Jenny, Jenny, Jenny,’ in the sense of, like, talking to her. — Matt Moret, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 In the video, Chacon picks up the gun, and officers back away from the vehicle yelling at Chacon to put his weapon down. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026 In 2021, he was banned from attending basketball games for a season after yelling profanity at a player. — J.d. Miles, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 So when Lopez gets fired up, when the coach is yelling with some colorful words in the mix, Williams gets a bit of a tickle out of that. — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2026 Not his worst Walking into the dugout after that first inning, Buehler was caught on the Mets telecast yelling toward at least one person. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 The homeowner pulled up his camera feeds, saw the men outside, and decided to confront them -- yelling at the men and turning on more lights. — Abigail Velez, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 About a half hour later, authorities rescued a woman described as being in her 40s after receiving another report that a female could be heard yelling for help, according to Crabtree. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026 Parents in the Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania drew national attention in June when yelling broke out at a board meeting after the district repealed a policy that had given families a choice to opt out. — Stephanie Cook Broadhurst, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelling
  1. screaming
  2. shrieking
  3. shouting
  4. howling
  5. squealing
  6. crying
  7. vocal
  8. hollering
Adjective
  • There was more screaming and yelling for people who wanted to get a ventilator available in their home.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2021
Definition of screaming
Verb
  • The other customers cowered in the corners, while crowds formed at the windows outside, shrieking and recording the scene on their phones.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
  • Kids are shrieking through their favorite splash pads, faces sticky with Bomb Pop juice and joy.
    — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026
Definition of shrieking
Verb
  • Visually, the entire set was stunning, with fast cuts of Nancy Whang pounding on her keyboard, Al Doyle whirring his synthesizer, and Murphy shouting into his microphone, wrapped around his arm.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
  • During a third-quarter timeout with Indiana leading 81-75, Cloud began shouting toward Freedom at courtside and Freedom responded, prompting security to escort the former NBA center from the arena as the Fever went on to pull away for a 113-90 win.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of shouting
Adjective
  • Either that, or the Daily Mail editors had a howling good time with publication dates.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In the elk- and deer-rich areas of northern Yellowstone National Park, ravens are often among the first scavengers to arrive on the scene, swooping down to feast on scraps left behind by the howling canines.
    — Nidhi Sharma, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of howling
Verb
  • Video shot by OnScene TV on August 9 showed people rushing in and out of the store, some carrying merchandise, as roaring engines and squealing tires are heard in the background.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Who's signing up for France's annual pig-squealing championship?
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of squealing
Verb
  • Before even beginning their workout, nearly every participant in Sylvia Borowska’s recent Liftonic class was crying.
    — Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • My father was literally crying with laughter within about 20 seconds.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of crying
Adjective
  • As a neo-New Wave guy with a heartland jones and drama-king chops, Flowers isn’t bad cosplaying his heroes, even if his brawny rock-opera vocal approach is a bit short on the conversational warmth that makes for truly memorable country singing.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Guatemalan epidemic has been traced back to a gathering in Santiago Atitlán in December 2025 that was organized by a Christian megachurch whose leaders have been vocal about their anti-vaccine views.
    — Kathryn H. Jacobsen, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of vocal
Verb
  • The speakerphone gets loud, about 105dB if someone is hollering at you.
    — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
  • More than 40,000 patrons crammed into Wrigley Field and the Cubs fans in the crowd were hooting and hollering after their team took a 5-0 lead through six innings Saturday, following a 16-2 win on Friday.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
Definition of hollering

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“Yelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelling. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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