howl

Significat (English)

Noun

1. The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals.
2. Any similar sound.
3. A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.

Verb

1. To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
2. To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
4. To utter with outcry.

Synonyms

roar

wail

yell

scream

😱

cry

😢

yowl

bellow

shout

bay

bawl

bark

ululate

shriek

yelp

whine

howling

sob

😭

growl

holler

squeal

snarl

bray

hum

moan

cry loudly

thunder

🌩️

cry out

rumble

yaup

hoot

twitter

ululation

whimper

blare

yawl

baying

yammer

weep

vociferate

clamour

raise one’s voice

drawl

clamor

sough

boom

💥

rear

groan

wrawl

screech

yip

reproach

babble

bawling

blame

bleat

bluster

boo

buzz

caterwaul

complain about

crow

drone

exhort

guffaw

hiccup

intimidate

loom

make noise

menace

moo

neigh

outcry

plaint

quest

rage

😡

rave

rebuke

reprimand

admonish

reprove

scold

song

🎶

sound

🔉

squall

squealing

tell off

threaten

trumpet

🎺

upbraid

whinny

yelling

blare out

loud sound

set up a howl

loud cry

confused noise

shout of laughter

begin to howl

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/haʊl/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: howlen

Inherited from anglès antic: *hūlian

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: huulje

Cognate with neerlandès: huilen

Cognate with romanès: a hăuli

Cognate with francès antic: ouler

Cognate with alemany: heulen

Cognate with danès: hyle

Cognate with suec: yla

Cognate with luri septentrional: آلٛیر

In summary

From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūilōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną, *hiuwilōną (“to howl”), from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian huulje (“to howl”), Dutch huilen (“to howl”), Romanian a hăuli (“to howl”), Old French ouler, German Low German hulen (“to howl”), German heulen (“to howl”), Danish hyle (“to howl”), Swedish yla (“to scream, yell”), Northern Luri آلٛیر (āłir, “howl”).