- crying, howling, yelling, shouting - noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying mass of rioters"; "a howling wind"; "shouting fans"; "the yelling fiend"
Antonym: quiet (indirect, via noisy)
- fantastic, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous - 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"
Antonym: ordinary (indirect, via extraordinary)
- howl, howling, ululation - a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain"; "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect"
--1 is a kind of utterance, vocalization
Derived forms: verb howl1, verb howl4
- howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl - emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
--1 is one way to shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun howl1, noun howling1
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- howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl - cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert"
--2 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun howl2, noun howler2
You can hear animals howl in the meadows
The meadows howl with animals
- roar, howl - make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute"
--3 is one way to make noise, resound, noise
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun howl3
The cars howl down the avenue
- roar, howl - laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
--4 is one way to laugh, express joy, express mirth
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun howl1, noun howler1, noun howling1
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