yowl

Significado (English)

Noun

A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.

Verb

1. Utter a yowl.
2. Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.

Synonyms

howl

wail

caterwaul

roar

snarl

shriek

bellow

scream

😱

yelp

holler

ululate

squeal

wrawl

bellowing

blare

cry

😢

holla

hollering

roaring

whine

yammer

yell

hollo

holloa

clamour

screech

shout

clamor

catcall

squall

bray

thunder

🌩️

bluster

bay

waves

yip

blare out

bawl

yelling

hoot

moan

quest

rave

cry out

bawling

Etimoloxía (English)

Inherited from Middle English: youlen

Cognate with islandés: gaula

Cognate with feroés: geyla

Cognate with noruegués: gaule

Cognate with sueco: gjöla

Cognate with escocés: gowl

Cognate with escocés: gjol

In summary

From Middle English youlen, goulen, from Old Norse gaula (“to low, bellow, howl, scream”), related to Icelandic gaula (“to yell, howl, roar”), Faroese geyla (“to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow”), Norwegian gaule (“to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily”), dialectal Swedish gjöla, Scots gowl (“to howl, yell, roar”), Shetlandic Scots gjol. Initial y- possibly influenced by Middle English yollen, yellen (“to yell”).