Word Study
howling
OXFORD DICTIONARY
howling, adj.
1 that howls.
2 sl. extreme (a howling shame).
3 archaic dreary (howling wilderness).
1 that howls.
2 sl. extreme (a howling shame).
3 archaic dreary (howling wilderness).
Idiom
howling dervish see DERVISH.
THESAURUS
howling
Jeremianic, abandoned, acute, amok, animal noise, argute, awful, bark, barking, bawling, bellowing, bemoaning, berserk, bewailing, birdcall, birdies, blatant, blooping, blurping, call, carried away, clang, complaining, creaky, cry, crying, deadly, delirious, demoniac, distortion, distracted, dreadful, ear-piercing, ecstatic, enraptured, faultfinding, fearful, feedback, feral, ferocious, fierce, flutter, fluttering, frantic, frenzied, fretful, frightful, fulminating, furious, grieving, grunt, haggard, hissing, hog-wild, horrible, howl, hum, hysterical, in a transport, in hysterics, intoxicated, keen, keening, lamentation, lamenting, lamentive, lowing, mad, madding, maniac, mating call, moanful, moaning, motorboating, mournful, mourning, mugient, note, orgasmic, orgiastic, peevish, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piping, plaintive, plangent, possessed, puling, querulous, rabid, raging, ramping, ranting, raving, ravished, reedy, roaring, rousing, rumble, running mad, scratching, screaky, screeching, screechy, sharp, shredding, shrieking, shrieky, shrill, sorrow, sorrowful, sorrowing, squeaking, squeaky, squeals, static, storming, stridulation, terrible, terrific, thin, thumping, transported, ululant, ululation, uncontrollable, violent, wailful, wailing, whacking, whimpering, whining, whiny, whistles, whistling, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking, woodnote, woomping, wow, wowwowsFor further exploring for "howling" in Webster Dictionary Online