Definition of Howl

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Definition of Howl

Howl

To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.

To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.

To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.

To utter with outcry.

The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.

A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.

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Howl Quotations

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.
Henry David Thoreau

We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight.
H. P. Lovecraft

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
William Tecumseh Sherman

I intend to make Georgia howl.
William Tecumseh Sherman

I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.
Leslie Fiedler

If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.
A. N. Wilson

Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.
Benjamin Jowett

Never apologize. Never explain. Just get the thing done, and let them howl.
Agnes Macphail

Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
Francis Beaumont

The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.
Francis Thompson

Howl Translations

howl in Dutch is brullen, huilen
howl in French is mugir
howl in German is heulen
howl in Italian is urlare
howl in Norwegian is ule, hyl, hyle
howl in Spanish is aullar, ulular, aullido
howl in Swedish is tjut, gallskrika, tjuta

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