Antonyms for crowing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kroh |
| Phonetic Transcription : kroÊŠ |
Definition of crowing
Origin :- Indian tribe of the American Midwest, the name is a rough translation of their own name, Apsaruke.
- verb brag, exult
- The dawn was just showing over the mountains, and in Sils the cocks were crowing.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- "You damned Earthmen have been crowing long enough," he said.
- Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner
- And your own lil world would be up there, too, laughing and crowing mortal.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- They were on their feet again in a moment, laughing and crowing out their delight.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- She sat down on the steps and laid a crowing baby on her lap.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
- A whistling woman, and a crowing hen, Are neither good for God nor men.
- Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen
- Who welcome with the crowing of a cock, This hero of the buskin and sock.
- Extract from : « Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. » by Pierce Egan
- He accused him of being a nuisance to men by crowing in the nighttime and not permitting them to sleep.
- Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop
- Morning dawn, crowing of cocks, 7½ bell rung round the cabin.
- Extract from : « A Journey to America in 1834 » by Robert Heywood
- When we got there, the chickens were just at the first crowing for day.
- Extract from : « Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 » by Charles H. Sylvester
Synonyms for crowing
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