howling
/ˈhaʊlɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.26 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That howls.
adj
That causes one to howl or feel like howling; deeply distressing.
name
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Example Sentences
- "The howling of wolves is haunting at night."
- ""They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy.""
- "howling wind"
- "A few minutes later a howling mob was at the door."
- "We have already seen in Chapter I how man stepped upwards from the level of a howling brute to the higher level of an articulate being, and thence to the still higher level of a singing creature."
- "It consisted of marching on to College green or St Stephen's green on a day when there was a howling gale and the wind was blowing about us –I am sure hon. Members today are familiar with this –to utter a few, well-chosen platitudes."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: howlynge, howlinge