to mewl
2
9.9
- verb
- /mjuːl/
:
maullar
- The kitten was mewling softly, begging to be fed.
- a kitten mewled
- a baby mewled
Examples
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On the walkway outside her room, Janet heard children mewling as they set off to Walt Disney World with their families.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Let's go," the woman said, and the child trailed, mewling faintly, at the end of her arm.
Fiction book (1993) -
Martin had heard stories of monstrous polar bear cubs, mewling in the snow, hairless, deformed, abandoned by their mothers.
Fiction book (1999) -
The cat had come to the door unbidden one day, mewling and crying—and Tate opened it to her widely, saying, "You found us, did you?" his heart widening too in love and affection and the need to take care of something.
Fiction book (1995) -
I went out to the coal shed, but there was nothing there but the cat and her kittens, who looked up sleepily from their warm tea chest of straw in the corner, the littlest ones mewling in their sleep, as the wind whistled through the rotting timbers.
Fiction book (2001) -
As the storm raged outside, she mewled pitifully for comfort.
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In the quiet of the night, the newborn baby mewled gently in her crib.
Synonyms
342
1.0
To make a loud call to show feeling or get attention
69
3.3
To make a low, soft cry because of pain or fear
8
1.0
To make the short sound a cat makes
1
7.9
To make a soft high sound like a kitten
To cry in a small, weak voice
To make a short high whistling sound like a small bird
To make a loud, high, sad sound like a cat's cry
To make the short high sound cats make
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word mewl comes from the tiny sound mew that kittens make, like meow. So, to mewl is to 'cry or whimper softly', a weak, small cry like a baby or little animal.