| Main Entry: | caterwaul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make screeching, crying noise |
Synonyms: |
bawl, bicker, howl, quarrel, scream, screech, shriek, squall, wail, yell, yowl |
| Main Entry: | bicker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nastily argue |
Synonyms: |
altercate, brawl, caterwaul, cause a scene, cavil, dig, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, pick at, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, scrape, spar, spat, squabble, tiff, trade zingers, wrangle |
| Notes: | to bicker is to quarrel and to dicker is to haggle or bargain |
Antonyms: |
agree, concede, discuss |
| Main Entry: | brawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight nastily |
Synonyms: |
altercate, argue, battle, bicker, buck*, caterwaul, dispute, kick up a row, quarrel, raise Cain, roughhouse, row, rumble*, scrap, scuffle, spat, squabble, tussle, wrangle, wrestle |
Antonyms: |
make peace |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weep and make sad sounds |
Synonyms: |
bawl, bemoan, bewail, blub, blubber, boohoo, break down, burst into tears, caterwaul, choke up, complain, crack up, deplore, dissolve in tears, fret, grieve, groan, howl, keen, lament, let go, let it all out, mewl, moan, mourn, put on the weeps, regret, ring the blues, shed bitter tears, shed tears, sigh, sniff, snivel, sob, sorrow, squall, turn on waterworks, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yammer, yowl |
| Main Entry: | quarrel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
Synonyms: |
altercate, argue, battle, be at loggerheads, bicker, brawl, break with, bump, carp, caterwaul, cavil, charge, clash, collide, complain, contend, contest, cross swords, differ, disapprove, dispute, dissent, divide, embroil, fall out, feud, fight, find fault, get tough with, hassle, have it out, have words, lock horns, mix it up, object to, row, scrap, set to, spar, spat, squabble, strive, struggle, take exception, take on, tangle, vary, war, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
agree, make peace |
| Main Entry: | scrap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, argue |
Synonyms: |
battle, bicker, caterwaul, come to blows, fall out, have shouting match, have words, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
agree, harmonize, make peace |
| Main Entry: | scream |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry out |
Synonyms: |
bawl, bellow, blare, caterwaul, holler*, howl, jar, roar, screak, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, sing out, squeal, voice, wail, yell, yip, yowl |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| Main Entry: | yowl |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | long, loud animate sound |
Synonyms: |
bawl, bay, caterwaul, cry, holler*, howl, mewl, scream, screech, squall, squeal, ululate, wail, whine, yell, yelp, yip |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
clamant, clamorous, conclamant, conjubilant, crying, gemebund, hinnible, hylactic, latrant, mugient, open, plangorous, remugient, stentorian, vagient, vociferous
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| Concept: | Cry. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; specific sounds |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
cry; voice (human); hubbub; bark (animal)., vociferation, outcry, hullabaloo, chorus, clamor, hue and cry, plaint; lungs; stentor.
-verbs
cry, roar, shout, bawl, brawl, halloo, halloa, hoop, whoop, yell, bellow, howl, scream, screech, screak, shriek, shrill, squeak, squeal, squall, whine, pule, pipe, yaup., cheer; hoot; grumble, moan, groan., snore, snort; grunt (animal sounds)., vociferate; raise up the voice, lift up the voice; call out, sing out, cry out; exclaim; rend the air; thunder at the top of one's voice, shout at the top of one's voice, shout at the pitch of one's breath, thunder at the pitch of one's breath; s'gosiller; strain the throat, strain the voice, strain the lungs; give a cry.
-adjectives
crying; clamant, clamorous; vociferous; stentorian (loud); open-mouthed.
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