yowling 1 of 2

adjective

as in vocal
engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest town meeting is always full of yowling residents who never seem to be happy with anything the town does

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yowling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of yowl
1
as in complaining
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely a bitterly cold winter that had people yowling about their heating bills

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2
as in howling
to make a long loud mournful sound coyotes yowling at the moon

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Recent Examples of yowling
Verb
Normally, howling and yowling in the presence of another cat is not a good sign. — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yowling
  1. vocal
  2. complaining
  3. howling
  4. outspoken
  5. screaming
  6. blatant
  7. whining
  8. vociferous
Adjective
  • The vocal and acting prowess of the cast stands out, in a large-scale production that matches the level of major international musicals.
    — Franchesca Guim, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
  • El-Sayed, a former Michigan health official, has been vocal about healthcare issues along the campaign trail, speaking frequently about Medicare For All alongside a push to get money out of politics and a focus on affordability issues more broadly.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of vocal
Verb
  • But Chee Meng kept complaining about his shirts being misplaced, and Shawn knew that the man was still slipping out, either to look for work or for other purposes.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Staff were complaining about the connection in February, Wired reported, and Transformer reported that employees confronted Lehane in a meeting in May, pushing the company to explain its relationship with LTF.
    — Garrison Lovely, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of complaining
Verb
  • The masked figure then loops back, and a howling Wood appears in the frame.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Late one night in October, 2017, Jane Marx, a landscape architect in the wine country of Northern California, woke up to the smell of smoke and the sound of an eerie, howling wind.
    — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of howling
Adjective
  • Ruffalo has long been outspoken about his opposition to the merger.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In his final years, Haring created powerful political imagery and was a particularly outspoken advocate for safe sex and AIDS awareness.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of outspoken
Verb
  • In reviewing the body camera footage, police found that the child was standing on the stairwell at one point and was screaming while holding her left arm up in the air, according to the warrant affidavit.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Mahomes’ emotion seemed to bubble over in the second quarter, with CBS cameras catching the quarterback screaming at offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of screaming
Adjective
  • The move appeared as a blatant response to stadium owner Robert Kraft’s role in having rapper Macklemore removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour after the rapper made pro-Palestinian comments onstage at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
    — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
  • That said, even in a sport now infamous for quick cash grabs, this feels like the most blatant of them all.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of blatant
Verb
  • Maris Kreizman pushes back against recent awards season whining.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • For The Times) Courtney does great old ladies and whining teens, Michaels plays great curmudgeons and Palermo is great at space work.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of whining
Adjective
  • The Sun, who now begin the process of relocating to Houston for next season, gave their loyal, vociferous and orange-clad fans a goodbye present, a 95-81 victory over the Toronto Tempo, just a little something to remember them by.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
  • It's led by Alexei Zhuravlev, who holds its only seat in the Duma and is known for vociferous attacks on the West on state TV.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of vociferous

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“Yowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yowling. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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