yelling

The word “yelling” has 2 syllables: yell-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈjɛlɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for yelling?

In the thesaurus, “yelling” has 71 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for yelling along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for yelling

Antonyms for yelling

  • breathing
  • calm
  • hushed
  • muffled
  • mumbling
  • murmuring
  • muted
  • muttering
  • noiseless
  • quiet
  • silent
  • softened
  • soundless
  • still
  • whisper
  • whispering

Meanings of yelling

  • verb
    1. Shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
    2. To convey by shouting.
    3. To tell someone off (in a loud and angry manner).
  • noun
    1. The act of producing a yell.

Example Sentences

  • The children were yelling with excitement as they played in the park.
  • Despite the crowded room, his yelling managed to capture everyone's attention.
  • The coach was constantly yelling out instructions to motivate the team during the intense match.
  • The heated argument escalated with both parties yelling to make their points.
  • Startled by the sudden noise, she found herself yelling involuntarily in response.

On this page you'll find 87 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to yelling, such as: bawling, baying, bellowing, blaring, blatant, booming, brassy.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

keening

  • aching
  • bawl
  • bawling
  • baying
  • beefing
  • bellyaching
  • bemoaning
  • bereavement
  • bewailing
  • bitching
  • blackness
  • bleating
  • blubber
  • blubbering
  • brokenhearted
  • carping
  • caterwauling
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • complaining
  • crabbing
  • croaking
  • crying
  • darkness
  • dejected
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  • depressed
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  • dirge
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  • doleful
  • dolorous
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • effusive
  • elegy
  • emotional
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  • funereal
  • fussing
  • gloomy
  • grief
  • grieving
  • griping
  • grizzling
  • grouching
  • grousing
  • growling
  • grumbling
  • grumping
  • heartbroken
  • heartsick
  • heavyhearted
  • hollering
  • howl
  • howling
  • inconsolable
  • inveighing
  • jeremiad
  • keen
  • kicking
  • kicking up a fuss
  • kicking up a stink
  • kvetching
  • lachrymose
  • lament
  • lamentation
  • lamenting
  • languishing
  • lugubrious
  • maudlin
  • maundering
  • mawkish
  • miserable
  • misty
  • misty-eyed
  • moan
  • moaning
  • moist
  • mournful
  • mourning
  • murmuring
  • muttering
  • nagging
  • pining
  • plaint
  • plaintive
  • protesting
  • quibbling
  • repining
  • requiem
  • sad
  • screaming
  • screeching
  • sentimental
  • shedding tears
  • shrieking
  • shrilling
  • sniffling
  • snivel
  • sniveling
  • snivelling
  • sob
  • sobbing
  • sorrow
  • sorrowful
  • sorrowing
  • squalling
  • squawking
  • squealing
  • stewing
  • tear
  • tearful
  • tears
  • teary
  • the blues
  • threnody
  • ululating
  • ululation
  • wail
  • wailing
  • weep
  • weeping
  • weepy
  • whimpering
  • whingeing
  • whinging
  • whining
  • woe
  • woebegone
  • woeful
  • worrying
  • wretched
  • yammering
  • yauping
  • yawping
  • yelling
  • yelping
  • yowl
  • yowling

ululating

wailing

  • aching
  • agonized
  • agonizing
  • anguished
  • anguishing
  • bawl
  • bawling
  • baying
  • beefing
  • bellyaching
  • bemoaning
  • bewailing
  • bitching
  • bitter
  • black
  • bleak
  • bleating
  • bleeding
  • blubber
  • blubbering
  • brokenhearted
  • careworn
  • carping
  • caterwauling
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • cheerless
  • comfortless
  • complaining
  • crabbing
  • crestfallen
  • croaking
  • crying
  • dark
  • darkening
  • dejected
  • deploring
  • depressed
  • desolate
  • despondent
  • dirgelike
  • disconsolate
  • dismal
  • dispirited
  • doleful
  • dolesome
  • dolorous
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • dreary
  • elegiac
  • elegiacal
  • forlorn
  • fretting
  • funeral
  • funereal
  • fussing
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • gray
  • grey
  • grieving
  • griping
  • grizzling
  • groaning
  • grouching
  • grousing
  • growling
  • grumbling
  • grumping
  • heartbroken
  • heartsick
  • heartsore
  • hollering
  • howl
  • howling
  • hurting
  • inconsolable
  • inveighing
  • joyless
  • keening
  • kicking
  • kicking up a fuss
  • kicking up a stink
  • kvetching
  • lament
  • lamentable
  • lamentation
  • lamenting
  • low
  • low-spirited
  • lugubrious
  • maundering
  • melancholy
  • miserable
  • moaning
  • moody
  • morbid
  • morose
  • mournful
  • mourning
  • murmuring
  • muttering
  • nagging
  • pathetic
  • pessimistic
  • piteous
  • plaintive
  • plangent
  • protesting
  • quibbling
  • regretful
  • repining
  • rueful
  • ruing
  • sad
  • saturnine
  • screaming
  • screeching
  • shedding tears
  • shrieking
  • shrilling
  • sniffing
  • snivel
  • sniveling
  • snivelling
  • sob
  • sobbing
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sorrowful
  • sorrowing
  • sorry
  • squalling
  • squawking
  • squealing
  • stewing
  • suffering
  • sullen
  • tear
  • tearful
  • tears
  • the blues
  • triste
  • ululating
  • unhappy
  • weep
  • weeping
  • whimpering
  • whingeing
  • whinging
  • whining
  • woebegone
  • woeful
  • worrying
  • wretched
  • yammering
  • yauping
  • yawping
  • yelling
  • yelping
  • yowl
  • yowling

yelping

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