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
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
There are whistles and toe taps and yowls and warbles and percussion produced by acrylic nails.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
Cat jump scares, featuring felines yowling or hiding in a cabinet, peaked in the early 1970s and have since dwindled to nearly nothing.
—Shelly Tan, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
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Noun
The Two Towers Gollum’s introduction Video: New Line Cinema
Gollum is such a little brat, but his first keening yowl is also pathetic, pitiful, and unforgettable.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
There are whistles and toe taps and yowls and warbles and percussion produced by acrylic nails.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Verb
Cameron Winter yowls a cappella, with a delivery that would do Jon Spencer proud, before a distorted guitar spirals over pattering drums.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
Cat jump scares, featuring felines yowling or hiding in a cabinet, peaked in the early 1970s and have since dwindled to nearly nothing.
—Shelly Tan, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yowl
Verb
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For nothing is more European, at least in today’s Europe, than being bullied by Russia while complaining about the United States.—
Dominic Green,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
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Developers themselves have complained that their companies are not doing enough to weed out harassment online.—
Megan Farokhmanesh,
WIRED,
21 Feb. 2025
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Every so often, one of the firefighters howled like a wolf and the crew howled back.—
M. R. O’Connor,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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The rain started falling, the winds started howling, and the phones started ringing.—
The Sacramento Bee,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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So does Ancelotti, who raises his arms and shouts at the sky.—
Guillermo Rai,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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The love is mutual considering the 26-year-old athlete gave Burrows a shout out a few days before hitting the field at the Super Bowl.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
10 Feb. 2025
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Preston Turano, a veterinarian and spokesperson at Felix Cat Insurance, told Newsweek that yelling, screaming, and physical punishment should never be used when training or communicating with your cat.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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Moments after an emphatic two-handed jam in the closing seconds that sealed Sherman Oaks Notre Dame’s 68-61 upset of Harvard-Westlake on Friday night in Studio City, Tyran Stokes clenched both fists, turned toward his teammates and screamed at the top of his lungs.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Sparse piano chords, a slow-blues structure, hovering orchestral arrangements and the cry within Ledisi’s voice all hark back to Nina Simone.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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For example, pain cries are often loud, high-pitched and harsh to grab the attention of listeners and elicit aid.—
Katarzyna Pisanski,
Scientific American,
21 Feb. 2025
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Now even Sean McDermott, coach of the Bills team that lost to the Chiefs last Sunday in the AFC championship games, is running with the crowd and whining that a team having the kind of extraordinary run the Chiefs are having doesn’t get here without the refs.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Walter Lippmann in Public Opinion whines about this.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
1 Feb. 2025
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Upon opening the haircare tools — which retail at about $600 — the room filled with shrieks of happiness.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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As Hollis releases her son’s hand and backs into the kitchen, Richard shrieks at Pino.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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Men writhe and moan in the shadows just out of sight as a young gay man walks through the dark room at Adonis, Copenhagen’s only gay sauna.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
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Shows that not all football teams need to be Champions League contenders and not all fans need to be moaning about the failings of their club.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Yowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yowl. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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