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Antonyms for caterwauled

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kat-er-wawl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæt ərˌwɔl

Definition of caterwauled

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 :
  • When they met in the middle, they spat and caterwauled and argued spitefully.
  • Extract from : « Simon the Jester » by William J. Locke
  • Here the cats yelled and caterwauled and told all their trials and sorrows caused by mankind.
  • Extract from : « Daisy » by Miranda Eliot Swan
  • I was perfectly reckless, and caterwauled with them, joining their midnight revels with all my heart.
  • Extract from : « Daisy » by Miranda Eliot Swan

Synonyms for caterwauled

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