'Howling' definitions:
Definition of 'howling'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn: fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous]
noun
Definition of 'Howling'
From: GCIDE
- Howl \Howl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Howled; p. pr. & vb. n. Howling.] [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwil[=o]n to exult, h?wo owl, Dan. hyle to howl.]
- 1. To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. [1913 Webster]
- And dogs in corners set them down to howl. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail. [1913 Webster]
- Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. --Is. xiii. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. [1913 Webster]
- Wild howled the wind. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Howling monkey. (Zool.) See Howler, 2.
- Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'howling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- acute,
- amok,
- animal noise,
- argute,
- awful,
- bark,
- barking,
- bawling,
- bellowing,
- bemoaning,
- berserk,
- bewailing,
- birdcall,
- birdies,
- blatant,
- blooping,
- blurping,
- call,
- carried away,
- clang,
- complaining,
- creaky,
- cry,
- crying,
- deadly,
- delirious,
- demoniac,
- distortion,
- distracted,
- dreadful,
- ear-piercing,
- ecstatic,
- enraptured,
- faultfinding,
- fearful,
- feedback,
- feral,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- flutter,
- fluttering,
- frantic,
- frenzied,
- fretful,
- frightful,
- fulminating,
- furious,
- grieving,
- grunt,
- haggard,
- hissing,
- hog-wild,
- horrible,
- howl,
- hum,
- hysterical,
- in a transport,
- in hysterics,
- intoxicated,
- Jeremianic,
- keen,
- keening,
- lamentation,
- lamenting,
- lamentive,
- lowing,
- mad,
- madding,
- maniac,
- mating call,
- moanful,
- moaning,
- motorboating,
- mournful,
- mourning,
- mugient,
- note,
- orgasmic,
- orgiastic,
- peevish,
- penetrating,
- petulant,
- piercing,
- piping,
- plaintive,
- plangent,
- possessed,
- puling,
- querulous,
- rabid,
- raging,
- ramping,
- ranting,
- raving,
- ravished,
- reedy,
- roaring,
- rousing,
- rumble,
- running mad,
- scratching,
- screaky,
- screeching,
- screechy,
- sharp,
- shredding,
- shrieking,
- shrieky,
- shrill,
- sorrow,
- sorrowful,
- sorrowing,
- squeaking,
- squeaky,
- squeals,
- static,
- storming,
- stridulation,
- terrible,
- terrific,
- thin,
- thumping,
- transported,
- ululant,
- ululation,
- uncontrollable,
- violent,
- wailful,
- wailing,
- whacking,
- whimpering,
- whining,
- whiny,
- whistles,
- whistling,
- wild,
- wild-eyed,
- wild-looking,
- woodnote,
- woomping,
- wow,
- wowwows