Thesaurus / caterwauling
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synonyms for caterwauling
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- croaking
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- discordant
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- disturbing
- dry
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
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- hard
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- jangling
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- bellow
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- clatter
- detonation
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- fanfare
- fireworks
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- racket
- ring
- row
- shot
- shouting
- squawk
- stridency
- talk
- thud
- tumult
- uproar
- yelling
- yelp
- sonance
- uproariousness
antonyms for caterwauling
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How to use caterwauling in a sentence
Deaf Old Gentleman (seated by piano, talking to pretty girl)—I'd rather listen to you than hear this caterwauling.
THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA, VOLUME II. (OF X.)VARIOUSFrom inside came the rare sound of water splashing, mixed with a wheezing, off-key caterwauling.
POLICE YOUR PLANETLESTER DEL REYThe night was still, save for a love-sick panther somewhere on the mountain, a-caterwauling under the June stars.
THE LITTLE RED FOOTROBERT W. CHAMBERSAnother South American breed is said to be free from the hideous “caterwauling” of the ordinary cat.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 5, SLICE 5VARIOUSThe voices are filled with night—black hollow gloomy night or else they are as strident as the caterwauling of a Tom Cat.
GREAT SINGERS ON THE ART OF SINGINGJAMES FRANCIS COOKEOn catching sight of him the animals set up a horrible caterwauling that made the blood freeze in his veins.
LEGENDS & ROMANCES OF BRITTANYLEWIS SPENCEAgain the same hideous din; the same clouds of smoke; the same hubbub of caterwauling.
WITH THE WORLD'S GREAT TRAVELLERS, VOLUME 2VARIOUSOne evening the Captain heard a fine caterwauling and drum beating over in the quarters, and sallied forth to investigate.
THE KILLERSTEWART EDWARD WHITEWe'll try whether cold water, a dark crib, and a straight jacket won't spoil her caterwauling.
MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, VOL. 2 (OF 2)GEORGE DANIELBesides, every one knows she comes caterwauling every night round Les Artaud.
ABBE MOURET'S TRANSGRESSIONEMILE ZOLAWORDS RELATED TO CATERWAULING
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- raucous
- rigid
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
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- out-of-tune
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- raucous
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- rusty
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- severe
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- unlevel
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- astringent
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- raucous
- rigid
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
- babble
- babel
- bang
- bedlam
- bellow
- bewailing
- blare
- blast
- boisterousness
- boom
- buzz
- cacophony
- caterwauling
- clamor
- clang
- clatter
- commotion
- crash
- cry
- detonation
- din
- discord
- disquiet
- disquietude
- drumming
- eruption
- explosion
- fanfare
- fireworks
- fracas
- fuss
- hoo-ha
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- jangle
- lamentation
- outcry
- pandemonium
- peal
- racket
- ring
- roar
- row
- shot
- shouting
- sonance
- squawk
- stridency
- talk
- thud
- tumult
- turbulence
- uproar
- uproariousness
- yelling
- yelp
- babble
- babels
- bangs
- bedlam
- bellows
- bewailings
- blares
- blasts
- boisterousness
- booms
- buzzes
- cacophonies
- caterwaulings
- clamors
- clangs
- clatter
- commotions
- crashes
- cries
- detonations
- dins
- discords
- disquiet
- disquietudes
- drummings
- eruptions
- explosions
- fanfares
- fireworks
- fracases
- fuss
- hoo-has
- hubbubs
- hullabaloos
- jangles
- lamentations
- outcries
- pandemonium
- peals
- rackets
- rings
- roars
- rows
- shots
- shoutings
- sonances
- squawks
- stridencies
- talks
- thuds
- tumults
- turbulences
- uproar
- uproariousnesses
- yellings
- yelps
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- dry
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- raspy
- raucous
- rigid
- rough
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- squawky
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.