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| Main Entry: | yell |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | loud communication |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bellow, call, cheer, complain, cry, holler*, hoot, howl, lament, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, squawk, squeal, vociferate, wail, weep, whoop, yap, yelp, ululate, yip |
| Antonyms: | whisper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bellow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | holler |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, blare, bluster, bray, call, clamor, cry, howl, low, roar, rout, scream, shout, shriek, wail, whoop, yawp, yell, yelp, beller |
| 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: | exclaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shout out |
| Synonyms: | assert, bellow, blurt, call, cry, declare, ejaculate, emit, figure, holler, proclaim, roar, shout, state, utter, vociferate, yawp*, yell, burst out, call aloud, call out, cry out, rend the air, say loudly |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exclamation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shout; assertion |
| Synonyms: | bellow, call, clamor, cry, ejaculation, expletive, holler, interjection, outcry, roar, utterance, yawp*, yell, vociferation |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grievance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complaint, gripe |
| Synonyms: | affliction, ax to grind*, beef*, bellyache*, blast, case, cross*, damage, distress, grief, grouse*, hardship, holler*, hoo-ha*, howl*, injury, injustice, kick, knock*, objection, outrage, pain, pain in the neck*, rap*, resentment, rigor, roar, rumble, sorrow, squawk*, stink*, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, violence, wrong, yell, big stink, flack, jeremiad |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | howl |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | long, painful cry |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, bellow, blubber, clamor, groan, growl, hoot, keen, lament, moan, outcry, quest, roar, scream, shout, shriek, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yell, yelp, yowl, ululate, yip |
| Main Entry: | outcry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scream, exclamation |
| Synonyms: | clamor, commotion, complaint, convulsion, cry, ferment, flak*, hoo-ha*, howl, hullabaloo*, noise, objection, outburst, protest, screech, tumult, uproar, upturn, yell, hubba-hubba |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be angry |
| Synonyms: | be beside oneself, be furious, be uncontrollable, blow a fuse, blow one's top, blow up*, boil over*, bristle, chafe, champ at bit, erupt, fly off the handle, foam at the mouth*, fret, fulminate, fume, go berserk, have a fit, have a tantrum, let off steam, look daggers, make a fuss over, overflow, rail at, rampage, rant, rant and rave, rave, roar, scold, scream, seethe, snap at, splutter, steam, storm, surge, tear, throw a fit, work oneself into sweat, yell |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
| Antonyms: | be happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scream |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry out |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bellow, blare, caterwaul, holler*, howl, jar, roar, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, squeal, voice, wail, yell, yowl, screak, sing out, yip |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud outcry |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bellow, call, cheer, clamor, cry, howl, hue, roar, salvo, scream, screech, shriek, squall, squawk, tumult, whoop*, yammer*, yap*, yawp*, yell, vociferation |
| Antonyms: | whimper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry out loudly |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bay, bellow, cheer, clamor, exclaim, holler*, roar, scream, screech, shriek, squall, squawk, vociferate, whoop*, yammer*, yap*, yawp*, yell, call out, raise voice |
| Antonyms: | whimper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shriek |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | high-pitched scream |
| Synonyms: | blare, cry, howl, screech, shout, shrill, squawk, squeal, wail, whoop, yell |
| Antonyms: | peep |
| Main Entry: | whoop |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | hurrah |
| Synonyms: | bellow, boo, cheer, cry, holler, hoot, howl, jeer, scream, shout, shriek, squawk, yell, cry out |
| Main Entry: | yowl |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | long, loud animate sound |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bay, caterwaul, cry, holler*, howl, scream, screech, squall, squeal, wail, whine, yell, yelp, mewl, ululate, yip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | whinny |
| Synonyms: | yell, hee-haw, neigh |
| Main Entry: | hurrah |
| Part of Speech: | interjection |
| Definition: | yeah |
| Synonyms: | cheer, encouragement, yell, hip-hip, hurray, huzza, rah-rah, three cheers, whoopee, yay, yippee |
| Main Entry: | yelling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cry |
| Synonyms: | holler, scream, shout, yell, bawling, howling, screeching, yelping, yowling |
| Antonyms: | whisper, whispering |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yelled statement |
| Synonyms: | alarm, calling, command, cry, hail, holler*, scream, shout, signal, whoop, yawp, yell, ahoy, all hail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | roar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | growl, howl |
| Synonyms: | barrage, bawl, bay, bellow, blast, bluster, boom, clamor, clash, crash, cry, detonation, din, drum, explosion, holler, outcry, reverberation, rumble, shout, thunder, uproar, yell |
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