yowling
Loud cat cries
Yowling is the present participle of yowl, meaning to produce a loud, drawn-out cry of distress or complaint—typically associated with cats in heat or fighting.
The sound is more sustained and mournful than a yelp or screech: The yowling cats kept us awake all night.
People can yowl too, usually in pain or protest.
Small furry housepet
- meowFeline vocalization
- tomcatIntact male feline
- kittenJuvenile domestic feline
- tabbyPatterned domestic cat
screech · caterwauling · alley cat · feral · stray · hiss · wail · nocturnal
cat
Small furry housepet
tabby · screech · caterwauling · alley cat · feral · stray · hiss · wail · nocturnal · mating call
wail
Prolonged mournful cry
moan · keen · yelp · whine · squall · bawl · ululate · plaintive · piercing · shrill
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- painBodily or emotional distress
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
torment · mournful · plaintive · desperate · wounded · hungry · trapped · abandoned · pitiful · heartrending
nocturnal
Active during darkness
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- alleyNarrow way between buildings
- darknessTotal absence of light
eerie · midnight · shadows · backyard · prowl · disturbing · sleepless · 2am · neighborhood · awakened
- animal signalsbody language, bird songs, tail wagging, mating calls, whale song
- pet problemsaggression, barking, biting, chewing, digging
- animal soundsbark, meow, woof, moo, roar
- cat traitssilky coat, coat, tabby pattern, claws, long-haired
- cryingcry, crying, tears, sob, sobbing
- loud soundsloud, scream, yell, thunderous, screaming