crowings

Dawn vocal announcements

Crowings is the plural of crowing, the loud, distinctive call made by a rooster, typically at dawn.

The term extends to any triumphant or boastful vocal expression, as when someone gloats over a victory or achievement.

His crowings about the promotion grew tiresome.

The word captures both the literal sound and the figurative sense of self-satisfied proclamation.

boastful

bragging

Excessive self-praise

exulting · prideful · self-congratulation · swagger · preening · showboating · smugness · arrogance · chest-thumping · hubris

rooster

cock-a-doodle-doo

Rooster's morning call

henhouse · poultry · barnyard · waking · daybreak · cockerel · sunrise · perch · coop · vocal

Opposites
sound type

crowingssilences

Stops from speaking

murmurings · whisperings · mutterings · hushes · clucks

emotional expression

crowingslamentations

Expressions of grief

wailings · whimperings · eating crow · moanings · concessions

vocal expression type

crowingssilences

Stops from speaking

mutterings · whimperings · murmurings · whisperings · moanings

Phrases
Family

crowing

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G