as in howl
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion
the cat gave a yowl of anger
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as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
a bitterly cold winter that had people yowling about their heating bills
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Recent Examples of yowl
Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
The cat sometimes unleashed a penetrating yowl that reminded Ducrot of her husband’s final days.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The music video for the song weaves together footage from each of the sessions: Slash with his bandmates cutting the song live, Johnson getting into the groove, and Tyler yowling between harp bursts.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
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Noun
The guitar riffs recall how Mastodon sounded circa Leviathan, paired with Blythe’s inimitable yowls.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
The cat sometimes unleashed a penetrating yowl that reminded Ducrot of her husband’s final days.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Verb
In one number, Swinton, who goes glossy-eyed to show the cracks in her high-fashion veneer, poses in a transparent rain slicker while bleating raw, yowling noises that blend with the despairing strings.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The music video for the song weaves together footage from each of the sessions: Slash with his bandmates cutting the song live, Johnson getting into the groove, and Tyler yowling between harp bursts.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yowl
Verb
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Patterson complained about her in-laws behind their backs Erin and Simon Patterson got married in 2007 and, after splitting and reconciling multiple times over the years, separated permanently in 2015.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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Occasionally, drivers call the CHP to complain — especially during rush hour.—
Tina Li,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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Wolves are extremely social animals that howl to communicate and bond with their packs, but these wolves are alone in the world.—
Marina Bolotnikova,
Vox,
10 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, the unmistakable sounds of a dog howling and barking echo loudly off-screen.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Listen to this article LONDON (AP) — A 53-year-old British man plowed a minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who were celebrating the city’s Premier League championship Monday, injuring more than 45 people as shouts of joy turned into shrieks of terror.—
Brian Melley,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Flav took time to give shout outs from the stage to a pair of local hip-hop legends — Too Short and E-40 — the latter of whom would combine forces with the hype man for a cooking demonstration with chef Aaron Sanchez earlier in the day on the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
24 May 2025
Verb
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s screaming to the top of his lungs.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
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Medvedev added, including an emoji of a screaming face.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Surveillance footage from the home reviewed by investigators allegedly showed the foster mother punching the toddler in the head, yanking her by her hair so violently that the child's head struck floors and furniture, hitting her with a wooden spoon and covering her mouth to silence her cries.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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Here, the actress recalls some of her favorite career memories, the part that got away, and the film that always makes her cry.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
11 June 2025
Verb
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Rangers down on the flight line, standing tall and looking fine, the engines and turbines are starting to whine, so early in the morning.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 May 2025
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During the sweet clip, the rescue puppy named Penelope can be seen whining and trying her best to crawl along the bed toward the cat, Monroe.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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Listen to this article LONDON (AP) — A 53-year-old British man plowed a minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who were celebrating the city’s Premier League championship Monday, injuring more than 45 people as shouts of joy turned into shrieks of terror.—
Brian Melley,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Many, very many, fell down as men slain in battle, and continued for hours together in an apparently breathless and motionless state—sometimes for a few moments reviving, and exhibiting symptoms of life by a deep groan or piercing shriek, or by a prayer for mercy most fervently uttered.—
Richard D. Mahoney,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2025
Verb
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There’s no point moaning without offering some kind of solution.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Erik Windsor said fire crews removed a manhole cover in the general area of the storm drain opening, inserted a powerful listening device and heard moaning.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Yowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yowl. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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