Synonyms for yelling

Grammar : Noun

Spell : yel

Phonetic Transcription : yɛl

Définition of yelling

Origin : Old English gellan (Mercian), giellan (West Saxon), class III strong verb (past tense geal, past participle gollen), from Proto-Germanic *gelnanan (cf. Old Norse gjalla "to resound," Middle Dutch ghellen, Dutch gillen, Old High German gellan, German gellen "to yell"), extended form of root of Old English galan "to sing" (source of the -gale in nightingale); from PIE *ghel- "to cry out, shout, sing." Related: Yelled; yelling.

noun cry

Example sentences :

And they came like the wind, yelling at the sight of their quarry.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

There was a distant sound of yelling and cheering and shouting.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

Wat's voice was shrill in the land, yelling, exhorting, screaming.
Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

The remaining Indians, yelling their war whoop, fled down the river.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

This time he swallowed the mouthful, yelling as though he had swallowed fire.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

In the next, another is yelling to call attention to his clocks.
Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael

What's a parcel of yelling Come-Outers compared to the decency of this town?
Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The leader could not understand me, and kept on yelling "Forte, Forte."
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

Meanwhile, yelling like demons, the Rebels came on, and passed them.
Extract from : « Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 » by Various

A fusillade of shots and a babel of yelling from outside interrupted his words.
Extract from : « The Mountain Divide » by Frank H. Spearman

Antonyms for yelling

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