howled

NOUN

long, painful cry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

groan growl hoot moan outcry roar shriek wail whimper yelp

STRONG

bark bawl bay bellow blubber clamor keen lament quest scream shout ululate weep whine yell yip yowl

Example Sentences

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At a Halloween dog parade in the East Village, Poppy, Thrun’s Frenchie, lay in the sun dressed as a taco while the ancestral gray wolves howled in their graves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

By daybreak, the winds from Typhoon Fung-wong which had howled all night had died down, and people came out to see the damage.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

Customers howled at the delays and the random order in which the maps appeared.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

William Harris left his childhood home in Altadena early Wednesday morning as the Santa Ana winds howled outside and a destructive firestorm headed for his community.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025

The Nightbeast howled helplessly, but it was imprisoned, surrounded by a sphere of spiky vines that Thorn had weaved together.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega