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howling
howl·ing H0306300 (hou′lĭng)adj.1. Marked by the sound of howling: a howling wind.2. Desolate; dreary: a howling wilderness.3. Slang Very great; tremendous: a howling success.howling (ˈhaʊlɪŋ) adj (prenominal) informal (intensifier): a howling success; a howling error. ˈhowlingly advhowl•ing (ˈhaʊ lɪŋ)
adj. 1. desolate or dreary: a howling wasteland. 2. very great; tremendous: a howling triumph. [1250–1300] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  howling - a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain"; "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect"howl, ululationutterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication | | Adj. | 1. | howling - extraordinarily good or great ; 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"marvellous, marvelous, rattling, wonderful, wondrous, fantastic, terrific, tremendous, grandextraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature" |
Translationshowling
be a howling successTo be extremely or triumphantly successful. For having such a limited budget, their play turned out to be a howling success. My business was a howling success in the 1980s and '90s, but the advent of the Internet rendered my services obsolete.See also: howling, successhowl like a bansheeTo scream, howl, or screech in a very loud, high-pitched, and unsettling manner. Some animal has been howling like a banshee in the alleyway all night long. Kids, stop howling like a banshees back there! I need to focus on driving and I can barely hear myself think!See also: banshee, howl, likescreaming fantodsold-fashioned Extreme disquiet of the body and mind; anxious or nervous unease. My poor mother was afflicted with the screaming fantods for the rest of her life following the accident. Just thinking about going out on a stage in front of hundreds of people to give my presentation is enough to give me the screaming fantods.See also: fantod, screamhowl with laughterTo laugh uproariously. His opening monologue must have gone really well—we could hear the audience howling with laughter.See also: howl, laughterhowl with painTo wail or yell because one is feeling pain. Sally twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, howling with pain.See also: howl, painhowl in painTo wail or yell because one is feeling pain. Sally twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, howling in pain.See also: howl, painhowl with (something)To emphatically respond to some stimulus in a particular manner (named after "with"). His opening monologue must have gone really well—we could hear the audience howling with laughter. Sally twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, howling with pain.See also: howlhowling drunkslang Extremely drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really howling drunk.See also: drunk, howlinghowling fantodsold-fashioned Extreme disquiet of the body and mind; anxious or nervous unease. My poor mother was afflicted with the howling fantods for the rest of her life following the accident. Just thinking about going out on a stage in front of hundreds of people to give my presentation is enough to give me the howling fantods.See also: fantod, howlinghowling successA tremendous triumph, as in Their first play was a howling success. This colloquial expression employs howling in the sense of "very pronounced" or "glaring," a usage dating from the mid-1800s. See also: howling, successhowling (drunk) mod. alcohol intoxicated; loudly drunk. Willy got howling drunk and ran in the streets with his coat off. See also: drunk, howlinghowling verbSee howling drunkscreaming fantods and (howling) fantods n. extreme anxiety; nervous hysteria. (Old. One might call this vintage literary mock colloquial, since it survives in the works of well-known writers and occasional literary use. The origin is unknown, but the Oxford English Dictionary lists Fantad with the same meaning, and cautiously suggests that is related to fantasy and similar words containing fan.) The afternoon’s excitement has left Lady Waddington with a case of the screaming fantods. The reviewer felt that any slang dictionary that excluded “fantods” was defective. See also: fantod, screamhowling fantods verbSee screaming fantodsSee also: fantod, howlingEncyclopediaSeehowlhowling
Synonyms for howlingnoun a long loud emotional utteranceSynonymsRelated Wordsadj extraordinarily good or greatSynonyms- marvellous
- marvelous
- rattling
- wonderful
- wondrous
- fantastic
- terrific
- tremendous
- grand
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