howling
Mournful canine wailing
Howling describes the long, mournful cry of wolves or dogs, or any similar wailing sound: the howling of the wind.
It extends to loud, unrestrained expression: howling with laughter, a howling baby.
As an intensifier, howling means extreme or glaring: a howling success, a howling error.
The word suggests something impossible to ignore.
Prolonged mournful crying
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- shriekingEmitting shrill, loud cries
- yellingVocalization at maximum volume
- screechingMaking harsh high sounds
caterwauling · ululating · keening · bawling · moaning · sobbing · weeping · lamentation
Disturbingly strange
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- bansheeDeath-foretelling Irish spirit
- chillingCausing fear or cold
spooky · macabre · uncanny · supernatural · ominous · wraith · phantom · apparition
Severe sustained wind
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
gust · blast · bluster · whirlwind · nor'easter · cyclone · hurricane · typhoon
Extremely and loudly comedic
- sidesplittingIntensely, painfully funny
- hilarityExtreme amusement, often shared
- roaringMaking prolonged loud noise
- guffawBoisterous burst of mirth
cackling · riotous · hysterical · convulsive · uncontrollable · hilarious · merriment · boisterous
wailing
Prolonged mournful crying
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- shriekingEmitting shrill, loud cries
- yellingVocalization at maximum volume
screeching · caterwauling · ululating · keening · bawling · moaning · sobbing · weeping · lamentation · anguish
eerie
Disturbingly strange
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- bansheeDeath-foretelling Irish spirit
chilling · spooky · macabre · uncanny · supernatural · ominous · wraith · phantom · apparition · haunted
pack
Group or compress
bay · moon · nocturnal · wilderness · forest · den · territory · hunt · prey · predator
gale
Severe sustained wind
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
squall · gust · blast · bluster · whirlwind · nor'easter · cyclone · hurricane · typhoon · tornado
uproarious
Extremely and loudly comedic
- sidesplittingIntensely, painfully funny
- hilarityExtreme amusement, often shared
- roaringMaking prolonged loud noise
guffaw · cackling · riotous · hysterical · convulsive · uncontrollable · hilarious · merriment · boisterous · rollicking
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- animal signalsbody language, bird songs, tail wagging, mating calls, whale song
- animal soundsbark, meow, woof, moo, roar
- laughterlaugh, giggling, chuckling, laughing, snickering
- nocturnal activitynight vision, night feeding, prowling, stalking, night flying
- pet problemsaggression, barking, biting, chewing, digging
- howling windLoud, fierce moving air
- howling dogCanine producing prolonged cries
- wind howlingAir moving loudly