Antonyms for hailing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : heyl

Phonetic Transcription : heɪl

Definition of hailing

Origin : "greetings!" c.1200, from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse heill "health, prosperity, good luck;" and from Old English hals, shortening of wæs hæil "be healthy" (see health and cf. wassail).

verb call to, yell for
verb honor, salute
verb come from; originate
verb rain down on

Example sentences :

The house at the light was empty; but, on my hailing, a woman's voice answered from the cellar.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

After hailing the morn with this second salutation, he threw a boot at the woman as a third.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

Not any better than her mistress, however, who at this moment was hailing a street-car.
Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet

And still the air, the sky—a ghost, something invisible was hailing the ship.
Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad

I heard them pulling about in the dark, hailing, and so on, but after a bit they gave up.
Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad

The first was a bright young man, hailing from Newark, New Jersey.
Extract from : « From Farm to Fortune » by Horatio Alger Jr.

"Not a hansom," she said, quickly, as he was on the point of hailing one.
Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall

The fishermen fable of drowned sailors 'hailing their names.'
Extract from : « From a Cornish Window » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

And though it was a man who was hailing him, he pretended that he did not hear.
Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates

See, she has stopped her engines, and is hailing the Asashio!
Extract from : « Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun » by Harry Collingwood

Synonyms for hailing

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