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单词 howler
释义

howler

noun

howl·​er ˈhau̇-lər How to pronounce howler (audio)
1
a
: howler monkey
b
: one that howls
2
: a humorous and ridiculous blunder

Example Sentences

The article was full of howlers.
Recent Examples on the Web Arsenal defender Gabriel made up for a defensive howler that gifted Fulham the lead by scoring an 86th-minute winner. Mattias KarÉn, ajc, 27 Aug. 2022 Moreover, goalkeeper Alex Meret’s howler for Empoli’s second was something Spalletti could do little about. Emmet Gates, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2022 Above me, in a tangle of tropical cenízaro and mango trees, a family of howler monkeys play and swing through the canopy. Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 7 July 2022 After leaving Steppenwolf in 1972, Byrom became a session musician in Muscle Shoals, performing on records by the likes of R&B howler Wilson Pickett. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Feb. 2022 Soon, these ceaseless faux-profundities come to hold about as much meaning as the oinks and grunts and howler-monkey screeches that, along with Marc Marder’s often incongruously jolly score, otherwise adorn the soundtrack. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 12 Feb. 2022 At dawn on the Río Claro Cocorná Sur, near the tributary’s confluence with the great Magdalena River in northwestern Colombia, the rising sun gave light to turtles slipping off logs and howler monkeys stirring in the guadua trees. Jordan Salama, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Nov. 2021 The only sounds to be heard were the noise of wind whizzing through the ancient stones and the loud verses of howler monkeys. Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022 Meanwhile, the idea that kids and chores would somehow fit into a standard workweek is a howler. Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

howler

noun

1
as in scream

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • scream
  • knee-slapper
  • laugh
  • boner
  • hoot
  • riot
  • joke
  • quip
  • witticism
  • wisecrack
  • gag
  • sally
  • waggery
  • sight
  • pleasantry
  • jest
  • crack
  • caution

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • downer
  • bummer
2
as in blunder

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • blunder
  • flub
  • goof
  • bungle
  • nonsense
  • twaddle
  • buffoonery
  • drivel
  • tomfoolery
  • humbug
  • idiocy
  • monkeyshine(s)
  • shenanigan(s)
  • craziness
  • witlessness
  • absurdity
  • foolishness
  • inanity
  • madness
  • bêtise
  • inaneness
  • folly
  • lunacy
  • stupidity
  • absurdness
  • imbecility
  • insanity
  • fatuity
  • foppery
  • foolery
  • senselessness
  • asininity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sagacity
  • wisdom
  • discretion
  • prudence
  • inspiration
  • forethought
  • brainstorm
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