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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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. (Zo["o]l.) See Howler, 2.
  
     Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only
        by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs
        and wolves often do.
  
              And dogs in corners set them down to howl.
                                                    --Drayton.
  
              Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me
              about, and howled in my ears.         --Shak.
  
     2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and
        mournfully; to lament; to wail.
  
              Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. --Is.
                                                    xiii. 6.
  
     3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
  
              Wild howled the wind.                 --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     Howling monkey. (Zo["o]l.) See Howler, 2.
  
     Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only
        by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  howling
       adj 1: noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying
              mass of rioters"; "a howling wind"; "shouting fans";
              "the yelling fiend" [syn: crying, yelling, shouting]
       2: extraordinarily good; 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, howling(a), marvelous,
           marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful,
           wondrous]
       n : a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain";
           "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect" [syn:
           howl, ululation]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  howling
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 ήχος ισχυρού ανέμου
     2 κραυγή φάλαινας ή λύκου
     3 έρημος, βαρετός ή μονότονος χωρίς ενδιαφέροντα χαρακτηριστικά
     4 (αργκό: en) πολύ σπουδαίος, τεράστιος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  howling
     n.
     The act of producing howls.
     a.
     (lb en colloquial) (non-gloss definition: Used as an intensifier)
     vb.
     (present participle of en howl nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Howling
     n.
     (surname en from=patronymics).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  howling
     n.
     The act of producing howls.
     a.
     (lb en colloquial) (non-gloss definition: Used as an intensifier)
     vb.
     (present participle of en howl nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Howling
     n.
     (surname en from=patronymics).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  howling
     n.
     The act of producing howls.
     a.
     (lb en colloquial) (non-gloss definition: Used as an intensifier)
     vb.
     (present participle of en howl nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Howling
     n.
     (surname en from=patronymics).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  howling
     n.
     The act of producing howls.
     a.
     (lb en colloquial) (non-gloss definition: Used as an intensifier)
     vb.
     (present participle of en howl nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Howling
     n.
     (surname en from=patronymics).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  howling
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm h owl ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  howling
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en howl ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb howl)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Howling /hˈaʊlɪŋ/
  العواء

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  howling /hˈaʊlɪŋ/ 
  skučivý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  howling /hˈaʊlɪŋ/ 
  kvílivý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  howling /hˈaʊlɪŋ/ 
  pustý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  howling /hˈaʊlɪŋ/
  Geheul , Geheule , Heulen 
        "howling of joy"  - Freudengeheul
     Synonyms: howl, ululation
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  howling /hˈaʊlɪŋ/
  großartig, fabelhaft, fantastisch, phantastisch, grandios, beeindruckend, überwältigend  [ugs.]
     Synonyms: great, fabulous, fab, fantastic, terrific, grand, gorgeous, brilliant, splendid, awesome, awesomesauce
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  howling /hˈaʊlɪŋ/
  heulend, flennend, plärrend, greinend, röhrend, brüllend, tränzend
        "a howling wolf"  - ein heulender Wolf
     Synonyms: bawling, squalling, wauling
  
   see: bawl, howl, squall, waul, bawled, howled, squalled, wauled, bawls, howls, squalls, wauls, bawled, howled, squalled, wauled, It's enough to make you weep!, It's enough to make you cry!, I could have cried.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  howling /hˈaʊlɪŋ/
  jaulend
     Synonym: yowling
  
   see: yowl, howl, yowled, howled, yowls, howls, yowled, howled
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  howling /hˈaʊlɪŋ/
  
  που λυσσομανά, που ουρλιάζει, πολύ μεγάλος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  howling //ˈhaʊlɪŋ// 
  ulvonta
  act of producing howls

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  howling /hˈaʊlɪŋ/ 
  1. महान सफलता
        "उसने परीक्षा में महान सफलता प्राप्त की."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  howling /hˈaʊlɪŋ/
  1. roppant
  2. ordító

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  howling //ˈhaʊlɪŋ// 
  ハウリング
  act of producing howls

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  howling /'haulıŋ/
  1. staugimas, kaukimas
     See also: howl
  
  2. staugiantis, bliaunantis, rėkiantis
  3. (šnek.) didžiulis (apie pasisekimą ir pan.)

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  howling //ˈhaʊlɪŋ// 
  ylande
  act of producing howls

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈhaʊɫɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  143 Moby Thesaurus words for "howling":
     Jeremianic, 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, 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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 咆哮的,哭哭啼啼的,寂寥的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 咆哮的,哭哭啼啼的,荒凉的
     n. 啸声

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