v., yowled, yowl·ing, yowls.

v.intr.

To utter a long loud mournful cry; wail.

v.tr.

To say or utter with a yowl.

n.

A long loud mournful cry; a wail.

[Middle English yowlen, probably of imitative origin .]

verb

1. To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound: bay², howl, moan, ululate, wail. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
2. To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears: bawl, blubber, cry, howl, keen², sob, wail, weep. See happy/unhappy, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
3. To cry loudly, as a healthy child does from pain or distress: bawl, howl, wail. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

noun

A long, mournful cry: bay², howl, moan, ululation, wail. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
  Synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring

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The verb yowl has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: cry loudly, as of animals
  Synonyms: howl, wrawl, yammer

Meaning #2: utter shrieks, as of cats
  Synonym: caterwaul

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ynkeligt hyl
v. intr. - hyle ynkeligt
v. tr. - hyle ynkeligt

Nederlands (Dutch)
janken, gehuil

Français (French)
n. - hurlement, miaulement, braillement (bébé)
v. intr. - hurler (de), miauler (de), brailler (de) (un bébé)
v. tr. - dire ou prononcer en hurlant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Heulen, Jaulen
v. - heulen, jaulen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ουρλιαχτό, σκούξιμο
v. - ουρλιάζω, σκούζω

Italiano (Italian)
guaire

Português (Portuguese)
n. - uivo (m), berro (m)
v. - uivar, berrar

Русский (Russian)
выть, вой

Español (Spanish)
n. - aullido, maullido
v. intr. - aullar, maullar
v. tr. - aullar, maullar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tjut, ylande
v. - tjuta, yla

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
号叫, 吼声, 恸哭, 吼, 惨叫着发出, 哀号地表示

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 號叫, 吼聲
v. intr. - 號叫, 慟哭, 吼
v. tr. - 慘叫著發出, 哀號地表示

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 구슬프게 짖는 소리
v. intr. - 울부짖다, 비통한 소리를 내다
v. tr. - 비통한 소리로 호소하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - もの悲しい鳴き声
v. - 長く悲しげに鳴く, 遠吠えする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عواء, عويل (فعل) عوى, ماء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יללה, יבבה‬
v. intr. - ‮יילל, ייבב‬
v. tr. - ‮יבב באומרו‬

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