howl

/hˈaʊl/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a long loud emotional utterance
   “he gave a howl of pain”
2. the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf
3. a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound
   “the howl of the wind made him restless”

verb

1. emit long loud cries
   “wail in self-pity”
2. cry loudly, as of animals
   “The coyotes were howling in the desert”
3. make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
   “The wind was howling in the trees”
4. laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

Synonyms for howl

• howling
• ululation
• ululate
• wail
• roar
• yawl
• yaup
• wrawl
• yammer
• yowl

Words that rhyme with howl

• foul
• fowl
• cowl
• prowl
• growl
• jowl
• scowl
• afoul
• owl
• peafowl
• waterfowl
• coull
• crowl
• crowle
• houle
• moul
• soule
• sproul
• sprowl
• towle