wind howling
Air screaming past
Wind howling describes the eerie, mournful sound wind makes when forced through narrow spaces—around buildings, through trees, or across open terrain.
The phrase evokes wildness and isolation: We lay awake listening to the wind howling outside.
It often sets an ominous or desolate mood in storytelling.
- galeSevere sustained wind
- shriekShrill, piercing cry
- wailProlonged mournful cry
- roarLoud, deep animal cry
- moanLow vocal complaint
gusting · storm · whistling · eerie · haunted house · blizzard · trees · branches · shutters · rattling · fierce · biting · cold · bone chilling · night · lonely · desolate · banshee
- ambient soundsrain, ocean, thunder rumble, crickets, birdsong
- nature soundsbirdsong, crickets, rain, thunder, rustling leaves
- nighttime disturbancesnoring, barking dog, car alarm, loud music, thunder
- haunted houseghosts, cobwebs, creaking floors, creaky floors, attic