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adjective

as in screaming

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yelling

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verb

present participle of yell
1
as in shrieking
to cry out loudly and emotionally yelled with fear when the speeding car veered onto the crowded sidewalk

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2
as in shouting
to speak so as to be heard at a distance I yelled to the kids in the backyard that it was time to go home

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Recent Examples of yelling
Adjective
Think Pictionary, but with way more yelling and questionable drawings. — Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
Rookie Spencer Jones scored on the balk after getting an RBI triple and Sale began fiercely yelling at Merzel before manager Walt Weiss continued the argument and was ejected. — Larry Fleisher, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 Simpson told a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer that a large man began yelling at his 18-year-old son, Conrad. — Larry Seward, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026 Video that the teen lobster diver's family shared with ABC Miami affiliate WSVN allegedly shows Simpson swimming away from the third lung and back to the Contender vessel as people on Del Sol's boat began yelling and cursing at him. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 The women are in stupid costumes (Heather Gay is dressed as a leprechaun at one point) and yelling at one another for yet-unknown reasons. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026 In the clip, women can be heard yelling as one bystander tries to reassure those trapped on the ride. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Gleicher explains that negative behaviors—like hitting, yelling, or crying when feeling angry—is the underlying emotion that has not been regulated or recovered yet. — Jenna Autuori-Dedic, Parents, 4 Aug. 2026 As Hwang and her partner placed the ticket on the car’s windshield and were returning to their vehicle, the vehicle’s owner approached, yelling expletives and ripping the citation to pieces. — Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 Witnesses said the men tried siccing a German shepherd on CBS News Chicago's photojournalist while yelling racial slurs, but the dog did not obey the command. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelling
  1. screaming
  2. shrieking
  3. shouting
  4. howling
  5. squealing
  6. crying
  7. vocal
  8. hollering
Adjective
  • There was more screaming and yelling for people who wanted to get a ventilator available in their home.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2021
Definition of screaming
Verb
  • The other customers cowered in the corners, while crowds formed at the windows outside, shrieking and recording the scene on their phones.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
  • Kids are shrieking through their favorite splash pads, faces sticky with Bomb Pop juice and joy.
    — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026
Definition of shrieking
Verb
  • When the surveillance footage resumes about an hour later, a man can be heard shouting, but the words are unintelligible, and a vehicle horn sounds.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026
  • But don’t expect those insiders to be put into partisan panels for a few minutes of shouting.
    — Mark Joyella, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of shouting
Adjective
  • Either that, or the Daily Mail editors had a howling good time with publication dates.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In the elk- and deer-rich areas of northern Yellowstone National Park, ravens are often among the first scavengers to arrive on the scene, swooping down to feast on scraps left behind by the howling canines.
    — Nidhi Sharma, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of howling
Verb
  • Who's signing up for France's annual pig-squealing championship?
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The event welcomed visitors for its 11th official year, with burning smoke and squealing tires along Woodward Avenue and the M1 Concourse in Pontiac.
    — Harrison Stidolph, Freep.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of squealing
Verb
  • Common signs include clinginess, crying at drop-off and difficulty separating in the morning.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026
  • There is no image that captures my experience of drafting a novel better than a woman crying over her inability to spin straw into gold.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of crying
Adjective
  • Brown chronicled her experience with cancer in several articles for PEOPLE and became a vocal advocate for fellow cancer patients.
    — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
  • People who ride bikes are a small but very vocal minority who seem to have city government wrapped around their fingers.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of vocal
Verb
  • More than 40,000 patrons crammed into Wrigley Field and the Cubs fans in the crowd were hooting and hollering after their team took a 5-0 lead through six innings Saturday, following a 16-2 win on Friday.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • Timothée Chalamet exited through the same tunnel and was also hooting and hollering with his fellow Knicks fans.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 11 June 2026
Definition of hollering

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