Antonyms for caterwauling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kat-er-wawl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæt ərˌwɔl

agree

Definition of caterwauling

Origin : late 14c., caterwrawen, perhaps from Low German katerwaulen "cry like a cat," or formed in English from cater, from Middle Dutch cater "tomcat" + Middle English waul "to yowl," apparently from Old English *wrag, *wrah "angry," of uncertain origin but all somehow imitative. Related: Caterwauled; caterwauling.

verb make screeching, crying noise

Example sentences :

It was answered by a fearful burst of caterwauling from the interior of the house.
Extract from : « Little Folks (October 1884) » by Various

The caterwauling of cats was as nothing to the growls of his disgust.
Extract from : « The Giant of the North » by R.M. Ballantyne

Why, sir, all that caterwauling and stamping was to hide what they were about.
Extract from : « The Black Bar » by George Manville Fenn

"Like the caterwauling of erotic cats on a midnight roof," said he.
Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker

And his wife is one of the most brazen she-devils that ever joined a caterwauling!
Extract from : « The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman » by Eugne Sue

It used to put our own caterwauling concerts to utter shame.
Extract from : « A Prisoner in Turkey » by John Still

She still kept up her caterwauling and there was no peace in the house.
Extract from : « Canadian Fairy Tales » by Cyrus Macmillan

Most of it, he said, seemed to him to be little more than sensual caterwauling.
Extract from : « The Book of This and That » by Robert Lynd

You mutter maledictions on the infernal noise and caterwauling.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 » by Various

All at once I missed the howling, and the caterwauling grew wilder.
Extract from : « Lilith » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for caterwauling

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