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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry loudly |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bay, bemoan, bewail, carry on*, complain, cry the blues, deplore, fuss, grieve, howl, jowl, keen, kick, lament, moan, mourn, repine, sob, squall, ululate, weep, whimper, whine |
| Antonyms: | whimper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | howl |
| Synonyms: | bark, bellow, clamor, cry, growl, howl, ululation, wail, yelp |
| Main Entry: | bellow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | holler |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, beller, blare, bluster, bray, call, clamor, cry, howl, low, roar, rout, scream, shout, shriek, wail, whoop, yawp, yell, yelp |
Example Sentences
- The banshee wail of an ambulance, the song of its siren, is the stuff of awful visions.
- College administrators rend their garments and wail about student retention.
- From beginning to end, her book is a puzzling wail about the high rate of childlessness among successful women.
| Main Entry: | bewail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry over, lament |
| Synonyms: | bemoan, deplore, eat heart out, express sorrow, grieve for, moan, mourn, regret, repent, rue, sing the blues, take on, wail, weep over |
| Antonyms: | be happy, be joyous, exalt, gloat, praise, vaunt |
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud sound; make loud sound |
| Synonyms: | bang, blare, blow, burst, clang, clap, crack, din, honk, peal, roar, scream, slam, smash, toot, trumpet, wail, wham |
| Main Entry: | caterwaul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make screeching, crying noise |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bicker, howl, quarrel, scream, screech, shriek, squall, wail, yell, yowl |
| Main Entry: | complain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grumble about |
| Synonyms: | accuse, ascribe, attack, beef, bellyache, bemoan, bewail, bitch, carp, cavil, charge, contravene, criticize, defy, demur, denounce, deplore, deprecate, differ, disagree, disapprove, dissent, expostulate, find fault, fret, fuss, gainsay, grieve, gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, impute, indict, kick up a fuss, lament, lay, look askance, make a fuss, moan, nag, object, oppose, protest, refute, remonstrate, repine, reproach, snivel, sound off, take exception to, wail, whimper, whine, yammer |
| Antonyms: | applaud, approve, be content, be happy, commend, praise, recommend, sanction |
| Main Entry: | complaint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement of disagreement, discontent |
| Synonyms: | CC, accusation, annoyance, beef, cavil, charge, clamor, criticism, dissatisfaction, expostulation, fault-finding, grievance, gripe, grouse, grumble, guff, jeremiad, kick, lament, moan, objection, plaint, protest, protestation, rap, remonstrance, remonstration, representation, reproach, rumble*, squawk, stink, trouble, wail, whine |
| Antonyms: | applause, approval, commendation, contentedness, happiness, praise, recommendation, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calling out; yelling |
| Synonyms: | acclamation, bark, bawl, bay, bellow, cackle, call, caw, chatter, cheer, clack, clamor, cluck, coo, crow, ejaculation, exclamation, expletive, fuss, gobble, groan, grunt, hiss, holler, hoot, howl, hullabaloo, hurrah, meow, mewling, moo, motto, nicker, note, outcry, pipe, quack, report, roar, ruckus, scream, screech, shout, shriek, song, squall, squawk, squeak, trill, uproar, vociferation, wail, whine, whinny, whistle, whoop, yammer, yawp, yell, yelp, yoo-hoo |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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