yowl

The word “yowl” has 1 syllable: yowl

It's pronounced as /jaʊl/


What is synonym and antonym for yowl?

In the thesaurus, “yowl” has 76 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for yowl

Antonyms for yowl

  • accept
  • applaud
  • bear
  • cheer
  • commend
  • countenance
  • crow
  • delight
  • endure
  • gasp
  • mumble
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • rejoice
  • take
  • tolerate
  • whimper
  • whisper

Meanings of yowl

  • noun
    1. 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.

Example Sentences

  • Yowl of the wind echoed through the empty streets of the town.
  • The cat let out a mournful yowl when it couldn't find its favorite toy.
  • As the storm intensified, the sound of the yowl grew louder, adding to the eerie atmosphere.
  • In the distance, we heard the yowl of a coyote, signaling the onset of dusk.
  • The injured animal emitted a pitiful yowl as it limped away into the darkness.

On this page you'll find 94 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to yowl, such as: accept, applaud, bawl, bay, bear, beef, bellow.

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Related Words

keen

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
  • demonstrative
  • deploring
  • depressed
  • despondent
  • dirge
  • disconsolate
  • doleful
  • dolorous
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • effusive
  • elegy
  • emotional
  • fretting
  • 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

object

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

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