howlingadjective
uk/ˈhaʊ.lɪŋ/us/ˈhaʊ.lɪŋ/howling adjective (WIND)
(of the wind) blowing hard and making a lot of noise:
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Wind & winds
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- breeze
- choppy
- drafty
- draught
- dust devil
- El Niño
- eolian
- hurricane
- jet stream
- northeast
- northeasterly
- prevailing
- southeasterly
- southerly
- the Beaufort scale
- tornado
- wind gauge
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howling adjective (DOG OR WOLF)
(of a dog or wolf) making a loud, sad sound:
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Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- birdsong
- caterwaul
- caw
- cluck
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- coo
- growl
- hiss
- oink
- peep
- snarl
- squee
- whimper
- whine
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
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howling adjective (NOISY)
(of people) making a lot of noise:
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Noise & noisy
- (at) full blast idiom
- abuzz
- blast
- boom
- cacophony
- clamorous
- clangour
- disturb
- ear-piercing
- loud
- noise pollution
- penetrating
- racket
- ring
- rip-roaring
- roaring
- row 1
- strident
- thunderous
- tumult
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howling adjective (FOR EMPHASIS)
mainly UK used to emphasize that something is very good or bad:
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Stressing & emphasizing
- accent
- accentuate
- drive
- emphasis
- emphatic
- freaking
- fronting
- gloss
- hammer
- hammer sth home idiom
- I should hope/say/think so/not idiom
- insistence
- place
- play
- play sth up
- point
- point sth out
- point sth up
- should
- underline
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howlingnoun [ U ]
howling noun [ U ] (WIND)
the sound of a wind blowing hard and making a lot of noise:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wind & winds
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- breeze
- choppy
- drafty
- draught
- dust devil
- El Niño
- eolian
- hurricane
- jet stream
- northeast
- northeasterly
- prevailing
- southeasterly
- southerly
- the Beaufort scale
- tornado
- wind gauge
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howling noun [ U ] (DOG OR WOLF)
the sound of dogs or wolves making a loud, sad sound:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- birdsong
- caterwaul
- caw
- cluck
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- coo
- growl
- hiss
- oink
- peep
- snarl
- squee
- whimper
- whine
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
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