Howl

//haʊl//

Synonyms for "howl" (251 found)

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Noun(1 words)
howling

Related words (125)

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Noun(1 words)
ululation

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Translations

171 translations across 58 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ὀλολύζω verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)
  • ὀλολύζω verb (to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress)

Arabic

3 entries
  • عُوَاء noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • أَنَّ verb (to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress)
  • عَوَى verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ոռնալ verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • ulama noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • ulamaq verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • выць verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вой noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • рев noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • ви́я verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)
  • рева verb (to utter with outcry)

Catalan

4 entries
  • udol noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • udol noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • udol noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • udolar verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • لورەلور noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • لورەلور کردن verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎨᏡᎲᏍᎦ verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)
  • ᎨᏡᎲᏍᎦ verb (to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 吹狗螺 verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 吼 verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Cornish

1 entries
  • oulya verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • ulumaq verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Czech

4 entries
  • vytí noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • zavytí noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • kvílet verb (to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress)
  • skučet verb (to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress)

Danish

1 entries
  • hyl noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gebrul noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • gehuil noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • gehuil noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • gejammer noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • hurlo noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • hurlo noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • hurli verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ulvonta noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • ulvonta noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • ulvoa verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)
  • ulvoa verb (to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress)

French

2 entries
  • hurlement noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • hurler verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Galician

4 entries
  • ouleo noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • ouveo noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • ouveo noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • ouvear verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

German

3 entries
  • Heulen noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • heulen verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)
  • jaulen verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Greek

4 entries
  • ούρλιασμα noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • ούρλιασμα noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • ουρλιάζω verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)
  • ουρλιάζω verb (to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • יְלָלָה noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • vonyítás noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • üvöltés noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • ýlfra verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • lolong noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • ulvoa verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Italian

4 entries
  • guaito noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • latrato noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • uggiolio noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • ululato noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 叫び声 noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • 嘆き noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • 絶叫 noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • 遠吠え noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • bitaul noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • bitawul noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)

Korean

4 entries
  • 우짖음 noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • 울부짖음 noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • 울부짖음 noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • 울음 noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)

Latin

3 entries
  • ululo verb (to utter with outcry)
  • ululō verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)
  • ululō verb (to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kaukti verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • виеж noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)

Māori

4 entries
  • ngawē noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • ngawī noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • paroro noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • ngawī verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • hyle verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • вꙑти verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Old Czech

1 entries
  • výti verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Old English

2 entries
  • ġeþēot noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • þēotan verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Polish

2 entries
  • wycie noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • wyć verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • uivo noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • uivar verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Quechua

1 entries
  • ayñay verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Romanian

2 entries
  • rage verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)
  • urla verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Russian

4 entries
  • вой noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • вой noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • вопль noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • вытьё noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • sgal noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • sgal verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)
  • sgal verb (to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • jauk noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • zavijanje noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • jaukati verb (to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress)
  • urlati verb (to utter with outcry)

Shuswap

1 entries
  • awt verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Slovak

1 entries
  • vyť verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alarido noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • aullido noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • berrido noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • aullar verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Swedish

2 entries
  • ylande noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • yla verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • alulong noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • umalulong verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Tamil

3 entries
  • ஊளை noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • ஊளை noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)
  • ஒப்பாரி noun (prolonged cry of distress or anguish)

Thai

1 entries
  • หอน verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Turkish

4 entries
  • inilti noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • uluma noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • inlemek verb (to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress)
  • ulumak verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • вий noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • ви́ти verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • hú verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)
  • tru verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Welsh

1 entries
  • udo verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • הויל noun (protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf)
  • בילן verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)
  • הויל verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)
  • הוילן verb (to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do)

Sample sentences

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What Alice, waiting for a reply, was faced with was a sudden howl. It was a resounding noise, sharp as to burst her ear drums, loud as to reach unto the heavens.

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His voice was drowned out by the wraith's sudden howl.

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I cannot howl like a jackal. I'm a goat!

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Amazingly heads turned to the female wolves as they began to howl. It was a sign of younger wolves.

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