Antonyms for catcalled

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kat-kawl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkætˌkɔl

Definition of catcalled

Origin : 1650s, a type of noisemaker used to express dissatisfaction in play-houses, from cat (n.) + call (n.); presumably because it sounded like an angry cat. As a verb, attested from 1734.

As in boo : verb decry
As in sibilate : verb hiss
As in hiss : verb make buzzing sound; ridicule
As in hoot : verb cry

Example sentences :

And they all yodelled and catcalled till I went out on the porch.
Extract from : « Georgina's Service Stars » by Annie Fellows Johnston

They whined it, they catcalled it, they shrieked it in falsetto imitation of Clarence's mother.
Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber

They whistled, hollowed and catcalled and interrupted the Prologue for above ten Minutes.
Extract from : « A Will and No Will or A Bone for the Lawyers. (1746) The New Play Criticiz'd, or the Plague of Envy (1747) » by Charles Macklin

Ladies stood on their chairs and waved their handkerchiefs, while men threw up their hats, danced, and catcalled.
Extract from : « Booker T. Washington » by Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe

Synonyms for catcalled

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