Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wrawl

/ɹɔːl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wrawl
IPA: /ɹɔːl/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cry like a cat; to waul.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Some were of dogs, that barked day and night, And some of cats, that wrawling still did cry."
"Such successours [of Peter] yben to bolde, In winning all ther witte thei wral."
"The fog horns groaned and groaned again, and siren whistled and wrawled."
"Man alone, poore wretch, she hath laid all naked upon the bare earth, even on his birth-day, to cry and wraule presently from the very first houre that he is borne into this worlde."
"Howbeit, crying and wrawling as like as possibly might be to an infant new come into the world."

Etymology

From Middle English wrawlen. Compare Danish vråle.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wrawlen

Usage

Inflected Forms

wrawls (present, singular) wrawling (participle, present) wrawled (participle, past) wrawled (past)

Derived Forms

wrawling

Synonyms

howl yammer yowl

Rhymes With

all at all small call tell all fall lol wall ball paul y'all overall

Questions

How do you pronounce wrawl?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɔːl/.
What does wrawl mean?: To cry like a cat; to waul.
Where does wrawl come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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