howling

[hou-ling]

adjective

1. producing or uttering a howling noise.

   a howling mob.

2. desolate, dismal, or dreary.

   a howling wilderness.

3. Informal.,  very great; tremendous.

   a howling success.

howling

/ ˈhaʊlɪŋ /

adjective

1. informal,  (prenominal) (intensifier)

   a howling success

   a howling error

Other Word Forms

• howlingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of howling¹

1250–1300; Middle English houlinge (gerund); howl, -ing ²

Example Sentences

The sound of rush hour in Zhuhai on China's southern coast has been replaced by howling winds and sheets of rain.

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Some of the works, which also included a howling wolf on a satellite dish, were removed, covered up or vandalised, after being painted across the city.

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South Korean broadcasts had often featured K-pop songs and news reports while the North played unsettling noises, such as howling animals.

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The howling was longer and louder than she remembers, and “frightening in a way that I haven’t been frightened before.”

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In the end, howling and complaining that “the other side is not playing fair” instead of adapting and overcoming is no real defense and a path to defeat.

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