squallingn.
/ˈskwɔːlɪŋ/ The action of the verb; loud discordant screaming.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > scream or shriek
squealingc1325
skriking1340
shrikingc1374
shritchingc1374
skrikea1400
blaringc1440
shritch1470
scritchinga1500
shrikea1500
screak1513
skirl1513
wauling1533
wrawling1533
screamingc1540
scritch1548
skreighc1550
shright1558
screech1560
screaking1565
screeching1589
shriek1590
shrill1591
shirl1598
shrieking1602
screama1616
squalling1677
squall1709
squeal1747
skelloch1808
skreighing1816
skirling1820
sharming1823
shriekery1865
squee1938
1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Zz4/3 Squeaking, or squalling.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 509. ⁋2 With the Din of Squalings, Oaths and Cries of Beggars.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxvi. 78 I intended no Harm to her..if you'd have left your Squallings.
1788 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VII. 93 That disagreeable noise, the squalling of young children.
1911 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 271/1 The squalling of a thousand cats.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
squallingadj.
That squalls or screams. Chiefly said of children, with contemptuous force.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [adjective] > scream or shriek
wrawling1533
shreaming1565
scritching1577
shriking1583
shriekinga1586
screeching1602
screaming1616
in a screek1681
squalling1712
skirling1786
shrieky1848
screecha1854
squally1862
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 479. ⁋2 The Noise of those damned Nurses and squawling Brats.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 489 Squeaking voice. The voice shrill and squalling.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 301 I am glad I saved the squalling child's life.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. v. 140 Send that squalling little brat about his business.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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