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 wind rushes through the area once again, howling in laughter at our pain.

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“I told you these howling wolf children ought to be sent away! Imagine what sort of influence they might be!”

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On that occasion, too, they had heard something unexpected, a mysterious howling sound that came from behind that very same wall.

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Alas, the book had been lost in a high-speed chase involving singing pirates and a howling parrot.

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That is what Lord Fredrick had named them; what their original names were no one knew, since they had been found wandering naked and howling in the forest.

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