howl

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• COUNT in NET: 6 in 5 verses (in OT : 6 in 5 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

howl, v. i. [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwilōn to exult, hwo owl, Dan. hyle to howl.].

•  To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.  [1913 Webster]

  "And dogs in corners set them down to howl."  [1913 Webster]

  "Methought a legion of foul fiends
  Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears."  [1913 Webster]
•  To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.  [1913 Webster]

  "Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand."  [1913 Webster]
•  To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.  [1913 Webster]

  "Wild howled the wind."  [1913 Webster]

Howling monkey. (Zoöl.) See Howler, 2. -- Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. Deut. xxxii. 10.

howl, v. t. 

 To utter with outcry.  Philips.  [1913 Webster]

howl, n. 

•  The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.  [1913 Webster]
•  A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

howl, n. & v.
--n.
1 a long loud doleful cry uttered by a dog, wolf, etc.
2 a prolonged wailing noise, e.g. as made by a strong wind.
3 a loud cry of pain or rage.
4 a yell of derision or merriment.
5 Electronics a howling noise in a loudspeaker due to electrical or acoustic feedback.
--v.
1 intr. make a howl.
2 intr. weep loudly.
3 tr. utter (words) with a howl.

Idiom

howl down prevent (a speaker) from being heard by howls of derision.

Etymology

ME houle (v.), prob. imit.: cf. OWL

THESAURUS

howl

Bedlam let loose, air a grievance, animal noise, bark, barking, battle cry, bawl, bay, bedlam, beef, beefing, bell, bellow, bellyache, bellyaching, birdcall, bitch, bitching, blare, blast, blat, blate, bleat, bobbery, boggle, boycott, brawl, bray, brouhaha, call, call in question, caterwaul, challenge, charivari, cheer, chirm, clamor, clang, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, complain, complaining, complaint, compunction, crab, creak, croak, cry, cry out, cry out against, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demonstration, demur, demurrer, destructive criticism, din, discord, dispute, dissent, dolorous tirade, donnybrook, drunken brawl, dustup, enter a protest, exception, expostulate, expostulation, faultfinding, flap, fracas, free-for-all, fret, fret and fume, fuss, give tongue, give voice, grievance, grievance committee, gripe, griping, groan, groaning, grouch, grouse, grousing, growl, grumble, grumbling, grunt, hail, halloo, hell broke loose, holler, hollo, hoot, howling, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurrah, indignation meeting, jangle, jeremiad, keen, kick, kicking, lament, lodge a complaint, loud noise, low, make an outcry, march, mating call, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moan, moo, murmur, murmuring, mutter, neigh, nicker, noise, noise and shouting, nonviolent protest, note, object, objection, outcry, pandemonium, panic, peeve, peevishness, pet peeve, petulance, picket, picketing, pipe, plaint, planctus, press objections, protest, protest demonstration, protestation, pule, qualm, querulousness, racket, raise a howl, rally, rallying cry, rattle, register a complaint, remonstrance, remonstrate, remonstration, rhubarb, roar, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, scolding, screak, scream, screech, scruple, shindy, shivaree, shout, shriek, shrill, sidesplitter, sigh, sing, sit in, sit-in, skirl, skreigh, snarl, sniping, sob, sough, squall, squawk, squawking, squeak, squeal, state a grievance, stridulation, strike, take on, teach in, teach-in, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, tirade, troat, tumult, ululate, ululation, uproar, wail, wail of woe, wailing, war cry, war whoop, whicker, whimper, whine, whining, whinny, whisper, whistle, whoop, woodnote, wrawl, yammer, yap, yapping, yawl, yawp, yell, yell bloody murder, yelp, yelping, yip, yo-ho, yowl

ROGET THESAURUS

howl

Lamentation

N lament, lamentation, wail, complaint, plaint, murmur, mutter, grumble, groan, moan, whine, whimper, sob, sigh, suspiration, heaving, deep sigh, cry, scream, howl, outcry, wail of woe, ululation, frown, scowl, tear, weeping, flood of tears, fit of crying, lacrimation, lachrymation, melting mood, weeping and gnashing of teeth, plaintiveness, languishment, condolence, mourning, weeds, willow, cypress, crape, deep mourning, sackcloth and ashes, lachrymatory, knell, deep death song, dirge, coronach, nenia, requiem, elegy, epicedium, threne, monody, threnody, jeremiad, jeremiade, ullalulla, mourner, grumbler, Noobe, Heraclitus, lamenting, in mourning, in sackcloth and ashes, sorrowing, sorrowful, mournful, tearful, lachrymose, plaintive, plaintful, querulous, querimonious, in the melting mood, threnetic, in tears, with tears in one's eyes, with moistened eyes, with watery eyes, bathed in tears, dissolved in tears, like Niobe all tears, elegiac, epicedial, de profundis, les larmes aux yeux, Int, heigh-ho!, alas!, alack!, O dear!, ah me!, woe is me!, lackadaisy!, well a day!, lack a day!, alack a day!, wellaway!, alas the day!, O tempora O mores!, what a pity!, miserabile dictu!, O lud lud!, too true!, tears standing in the eyes, tears starting from the eyes, eyes suffused, eyes swimming, eyes brimming, eyes overflowing with tears, if you have tears prepare to shed them now, interdum lacrymae pondera vocis habent, strangled his language in his tears, tears such as angels weep.

Cry

VB cry, roar, shout, bawl, brawl, halloo, halloa, hoop, whoop, yell, bellow, howl, scream, screech, screak, shriek, shrill, squeak, squeal, squall, whine, pule, pipe, yaup, cheer, hoot, grumble, moan, groan, snore, snort, grunt, vociferate, raise up the voice, lift up the voice, call out, sing out, cry out, exclaim, rend the air, thunder at the top of one's voice, shout at the top of one's voice, shout at the pitch of one's breath, thunder at the pitch of one's breath, s'_egosiller, strain the throat, strain the voice, strain the lungs, give a cry.

Ululation

VB cry, roar, bellow, blare, rebellow, growl, snarl, bark, bow-wow, yelp, bay, bay at the moon, yap, yip, yipe, growl, yarr, yawl, snarl, howl, grunt, gruntle, snort, squeak neigh, whinny, bray, mew, mewl, meow, purr, caterwaul, pule, baa, bleat, low, moo, troat, croak, peep, coo, gobble, quack, honk, gaggle, guggle, crow, caw, squawk, screech cackle, cluck, clack, chuck, chuckle, hoot, hoo, chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, cuckoo, warble, trill, tweet, pipe, whistle, hum, buzz, hiss, blatter, ratatat.