Howling

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Howl \Howl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Howled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Howling}.] [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG.
     hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwil[=o]n to exult, h?wo owl, Dan.
     hyle to howl.]
     1. To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as
        dogs and wolves often do.


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              And dogs in corners set them down to howl.
                                                    --Drayton.
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              Methought a legion of foul fiends
              Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears. --Shak.
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     2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and
        mournfully; to lament; to wail.
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              Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. --Is.
                                                    xiii. 6.
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     3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
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              Wild howled the wind.                 --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     {Howling monkey}. (Zool.) See {Howler}, 2.
  
     {Howling wilderness}, a wild, desolate place inhabited only
        by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  howling
       adj 1: noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying
              mass of rioters"; "a howling wind"; "shouting fans";
              "the yelling fiend" [syn: {crying}, {yelling}, {shouting}]
       2: extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a
          fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!";
          "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare
          books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a
          tremendous achievement" [syn: {fantastic}, {howling(a)}, {marvelous},
           {marvellous}, {rattling(a)}, {terrific}, {tremendous}, {wonderful},
           {wondrous}]
       n : a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain";
           "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect" [syn:
           {howl}, {ululation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  143 Moby Thesaurus words for "howling":
     Jeremianic, abandoned, acute, amok, animal noise, argute, awful,
     bark, barking, bawling, bellowing, bemoaning, berserk, bewailing,
     birdcall, birdies, blatant, blooping, blurping, call, carried away,
     clang, complaining, creaky, cry, crying, deadly, delirious,
     demoniac, distortion, distracted, dreadful, ear-piercing, ecstatic,
     enraptured, faultfinding, fearful, feedback, feral, ferocious,
     fierce, flutter, fluttering, frantic, frenzied, fretful, frightful,
     fulminating, furious, grieving, grunt, haggard, hissing, hog-wild,
     horrible, howl, hum, hysterical, in a transport, in hysterics,
     intoxicated, keen, keening, lamentation, lamenting, lamentive,
     lowing, mad, madding, maniac, mating call, moanful, moaning,
     motorboating, mournful, mourning, mugient, note, orgasmic,
     orgiastic, peevish, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piping,
     plaintive, plangent, possessed, puling, querulous, rabid, raging,
     ramping, ranting, raving, ravished, reedy, roaring, rousing,
     rumble, running mad, scratching, screaky, screeching, screechy,
     sharp, shredding, shrieking, shrieky, shrill, sorrow, sorrowful,
     sorrowing, squeaking, squeaky, squeals, static, storming,
     stridulation, terrible, terrific, thin, thumping, transported,
     ululant, ululation, uncontrollable, violent, wailful, wailing,
     whacking, whimpering, whining, whiny, whistles, whistling, wild,
     wild-eyed, wild-looking, woodnote, woomping, wow, wowwows