Antonyms for caroling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kar-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær əl

Definition of caroling

Origin : c.1300, verbal noun from carol (v.).

As in sing : verb carry a tune with one's voice
As in warble : verb trill
As in warble : verb sing
As in yodel : verb sing
As in chant : verb sing simple song or song part
As in harmonize : verb correspond, match

Example sentences :

I have heard them caroling with all cheerfulness in the midst of a driving snow-storm.
Extract from : « Birds in the Bush » by Bradford Torrey

Feelings and aspirations move like flocks of caroling songsters.
Extract from : « A Man's Value to Society » by Newell Dwight Hillis

But it is a cold night for caroling, and I hope you have been taken care of within.
Extract from : « Mirk Abbey, Volume 1(of 3) » by James Payn

Somewhere in the woods behind them a robin was caroling with liquid harmony.
Extract from : « Darkness and Dawn » by George Allan England

You dont mean to say you been caroling your roundelays in that place?
Extract from : « The Heart of Canyon Pass » by Thomas K. Holmes

"Say what you please," he cried, all but caroling in his joy.
Extract from : « The Tigress » by Anne Warner

It was like the sunshine and the caroling of birds and the smell of new-cut grass.
Extract from : « The Deemster » by Hall Caine

The rippling golden tones made me think of the caroling of birds on a spring morning.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories, April, 1931 » by Various

Bright-hued birds flashed through the foliage and thrilled the ear with their caroling.
Extract from : « Found in the Philippines » by Charles King

The birds of spring were caroling their first songs of the season, and the white mantle of snow disappearing under the sun-rays.
Extract from : « The World As I Have Found It » by Mary L. Day Arms

Synonyms for caroling

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