to howl

Examples

• All

• You quit that howling down there and go to bed!

  A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

• "I know she would have howled with laughter at your photographs."

  Calendar Girls (2003)

• You know, they howl at me.

  Mulberry Street (2006)

• While the fans all howl and scream

  The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)

• His simple words were enough to make her want to howl with dismay.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Leslie, you got me howling at the moon.

  My Mom's a Werewolf (1989)

• I mean, I never saw a place clear out like a fire alarm was going off, but the college students were staying and they were howling with laughter.

  Theo Von

• Thelma and Louise are both howling at the top of their lungs.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Gretch and Vicki threw back their heads and howled with laughter.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The audience was howling with laughter after the comedian's hilarious jokes.

Synonyms

C

to cackle

vsto howl

18 6.0

To make a loud high sound like a hen or laugh in a loud harsh way

is the same uncontrolled laughter but without the high-pitched harsh tone

R

to roar

vsto howl

17 2.4

To laugh loudly because something is very funny

is similar but can be less intense or emotional

B

to burst out laughing

vsto howl

• Informal

8 2.4

To suddenly start laughing loudly and not be able to stop

is the broader action not necessarily starting suddenly

G

to guffaw

vsto howl

4 6.5

To laugh suddenly and loudly without control

is similar but may lack the same noisy boisterous quality

L

to laugh my head off

vsto howl

• Informal

3 5.1

To make loud, long sounds because something is very funny

matches this but may be somewhat shorter or less sustained

B

to bray

vsto howl

3 8.4

To laugh loudly in a harsh unpleasant way

is similar but lacks the harsh animal-like quality

Y

to yuk

vsto howl

• Informal

1 8.6

To laugh loudly in a silly, noisy way

is similar but can be more intense or less playful

L

to laugh one's head off

vsto howl

• Informal

1 3.5

To make loud sounds you cannot stop because something is very funny

is the same idea but can be shorter or less prolonged

R

to rolf

vsto howl

• Slang

1 9.7

To laugh very hard at something funny online

covers the same loud loss of control but in any situation

C

to cachinnate

vsto howl

• Archaic

9.9

To laugh loudly and without control

is the everyday version without the formal or literary feel

C

to convulse with laughter

vsto howl

4.5

Laugh so hard that your body shakes

is similar but without the strong physical shaking

G

to gag with laughter

vsto howl

• Informal

6.5

To laugh so hard you almost choke

matches the uncontrollable aspect but lacks the choking sensation

H

to heehaw

vsto howl

9.3

To laugh loudly in a harsh way like a donkey

is the general uncontrolled laughter without the animal-like sound

Antonyms

B

to be quiet

231 1.0

To stop making noise or talking

S

to suppress

88 5.8

To hold back feelings or reactions

Idioms

H

to howl at the moon

• Informal

4 8.2

To make a long loud cry like a wolf to show strong feeling

Phrasal Verbs

H

to howl through

1 4.8

Wind or animals make a long loud crying sound as they move through a place

How Loud

to roar

17 2.4

to howl

• Informal

15 3.4

to guffaw

4 6.5

to laugh

∞ 1.0

to chortle

7 7.7

to chuckle

237 2.0

to titter

3 7.4

Surface Forms

Etymology