Bellow

American novelist's surname

Bellow means to roar or shout in a deep, powerful voice—the sound a bull makes, or an angry person: He bellowed orders across the field.

The word suggests volume and force rather than pitch.

A bellow is such a sound.

Bellows (always plural in this sense) is a device that pumps air, used to fan flames or power organs.

vocalization

roar

Loud, deep animal cry

thunder · boom · cry · scream · howl · bawl · blare · clamor · wail · outcry

anger

rage

Intense, violent anger

tantrum · wrath · rant · storm · explode · indignation · fume · seethe · temper · livid

animal

bull

Steer before castration

  • cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
  • cowFemale bovine
  • mooseLargest cervid, northern forests

elk · stag · buffalo · bison · oxen · mating call · rutting · herd · stampede · charging

literary

novelist

Writer of prose narratives

American literature · Jewish · intellectual · protagonist · narrative · humanist · existential · urban · academia · Henderson

Categories
Opposites
volume/intensity of vocalization

Bellowwhisper

Speech without full voice

murmur · mumble · mutter · hush · silence

emotional register of expression

Bellowcoo

Soft avian vocalization

purr · soothe · croon · lull · gentle

Phrases
Family

bellows, bellowed, bellowing, bell

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