yelp

The word “yelp” has 1 syllable: yelp

It's pronounced as /jɛlp/


What is synonym and antonym for yelp?

In the thesaurus, “yelp” has 59 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for yelp

Antonyms for yelp

  • murmur
  • mutter
  • whisper

Meanings of yelp

  • noun
    1. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
    2. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.
  • verb
    1. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.

Example Sentences

  • The unexpected noise in the dark alley made her yelp in fear.
  • As the puppy experienced its first bath, it let out a little yelp at the touch of the water.
  • Startled by the sudden appearance of a snake, he couldn't help but yelp and jump back.
  • The sharp pain in her foot caused her to involuntarily yelp in surprise.
  • A sudden gust of wind made the tent flap loudly, prompting a collective yelp from the campers.

On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to yelp, such as: bark, bawl, bay, bellow, blat, bleat, bray.

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

Related Words

aah

  • bellow
  • blat
  • bleat
  • blunder
  • bolt
  • crow
  • cry
  • ejaculate
  • ejaculation
  • exclaim
  • exclamation
  • holler
  • hoot
  • howl
  • interject
  • interjection
  • leak
  • ooh
  • roar
  • scream
  • screech
  • shout
  • shriek
  • squall
  • squeak
  • squeal
  • whoop
  • yell
  • yelp
  • yowl

keen

ululate

wail

  • agonize
  • agonizing
  • anguish
  • bawl
  • bay
  • beef
  • bellyache
  • bemoan
  • bewail
  • bitch
  • bleat
  • bleed
  • blubber
  • blubbering
  • carp
  • carry on
  • caterwaul
  • cavil
  • challenge
  • complain
  • complaint
  • crab
  • cri de coeur
  • croak
  • cry
  • cry the blues
  • crying
  • demur
  • deplore
  • dolor
  • expostulation
  • fret
  • fuss
  • grief
  • grievance
  • grieve
  • grieving
  • gripe
  • grizzle
  • groan
  • grouch
  • grouse
  • growl
  • grumble
  • grump
  • hand-wringing
  • heartache
  • heartbreak
  • holler
  • howl
  • hurt
  • inveigh
  • jowl
  • keen
  • kick
  • kick up a fuss
  • kick up a stink
  • kvetch
  • lament
  • lamentation
  • maunder
  • miserere
  • moan
  • mourn
  • mourning
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • nag
  • niggle
  • objection
  • outcry
  • plaint
  • protest
  • quibble
  • regret
  • remonstrance
  • repine
  • rue
  • scream
  • screech
  • shriek
  • shrill
  • sniff
  • snivel
  • sniveling
  • sob
  • sobbing
  • sorrow
  • sorrowing
  • squall
  • squawk
  • squeal
  • stew
  • stink
  • suffer
  • suffering
  • tears
  • ululate
  • weep
  • weeping
  • whimper
  • whimpering
  • whine
  • whinge
  • whining
  • woe
  • worry
  • yammer
  • yammering
  • yaup
  • yawp
  • yell
  • yelp
  • yowl

yammering

  • aching
  • agonized
  • anguished
  • babble
  • bawl
  • bawling
  • beefing
  • bellyaching
  • bemoaning
  • bewailing
  • bitching
  • bitter
  • blab
  • black
  • bleak
  • bleating
  • bleeding
  • bloviation
  • blubbering
  • bluster
  • bombast
  • brag
  • braggadocio
  • brokenhearted
  • bull
  • careworn
  • carping
  • caterwauling
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • chatter
  • cheerless
  • cockalorum
  • comfortless
  • complaining
  • crabbing
  • crestfallen
  • croaking
  • cry
  • crying
  • dark
  • darkening
  • dejected
  • deploring
  • depressed
  • desolate
  • despondent
  • dirgelike
  • disconsolate
  • dismal
  • dispirited
  • doleful
  • dolesome
  • dolorous
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • dreary
  • drivel
  • egotism
  • elegiac
  • elegiacal
  • fanfaronade
  • forlorn
  • fretting
  • funeral
  • funereal
  • fussing
  • gabble
  • gas
  • gasconade
  • gibber
  • gibberish
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • grandiloquence
  • gray
  • grey
  • grieving
  • griping
  • grizzling
  • groan
  • groaning
  • grouching
  • grousing
  • growling
  • grumbling
  • grumping
  • heartbroken
  • heartsick
  • heartsore
  • hollering
  • hot air
  • howl
  • howling
  • inconsolable
  • inveighing
  • jabber
  • jawing
  • joyless
  • keen
  • keening
  • kicking
  • kicking up a fuss
  • kicking up a stink
  • kvetching
  • lament
  • lamentable
  • lamentation
  • lamenting
  • low
  • low-spirited
  • lugubrious
  • magniloquence
  • maundering
  • melancholy
  • miserable
  • moan
  • moaning
  • moody
  • morbid
  • morose
  • mournful
  • murmuring
  • muttering
  • nagging
  • oratory
  • pathetic
  • patter
  • pessimistic
  • piteous
  • plaint
  • plaintive
  • plangent
  • pomposity
  • prating
  • prattle
  • protesting
  • quibbling
  • rant
  • regretful
  • repining
  • rhapsody
  • rhetoric
  • rhodomontade
  • rodomontade
  • rueful
  • sad
  • saturnine
  • screaming
  • self-conceit
  • self-importance
  • shriek
  • sniveling
  • sobbing
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sorrowful
  • sorry
  • squall
  • squawking
  • squealing
  • stewing
  • suffering
  • sullen
  • swagger
  • tearful
  • triste
  • turgidity
  • unhappy
  • vaunt
  • verbosity
  • wail
  • wailing
  • weeping
  • whimper
  • whimpering
  • whine
  • whingeing
  • whinging
  • whining
  • wind
  • windiness
  • woebegone
  • woeful
  • worrying
  • wretched
  • yauping
  • yawping
  • yelp
  • yowl
  • yowling

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