different between shriek vs yowl
shriek
English
Alternative forms
- shreek (obsolete)
Etymology
From obsolete shrick (1567), shreke, variants of earier screak, skricke (bef. 1500), from Middle English scrycke, from a Scandinavian language (compare Swedish skrika, Icelandic skríkja), from Proto-Germanic *skr?kijan?, *skrik- (compare English screech). More at screech.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??i?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
Noun
shriek (plural shrieks)
- A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
- Shrieks, clamours, murmurs, fill the frighted town.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5:
- Sabor, the lioness, was a wise hunter. To one less wise the wild alarm of her fierce cry as she sprang would have seemed a foolish thing, for could she not more surely have fallen upon her victims had she but quietly leaped without that loud shriek?
- (Britain, slang) An exclamation mark.
Translations
Verb
shriek (third-person singular simple present shrieks, present participle shrieking, simple past and past participle shrieked)
- (intransitive) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.
- At this she shriek'd aloud; the mournful train / Echoed her grief.
- (transitive) To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.
- 1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla-Rookh
- She shrieked his name to the dark woods.
- 1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla-Rookh
Derived terms
- ashriek
Translations
Anagrams
- Ihrkes, hikers, shrike
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yowl
English
Etymology
From Middle English yollen, past participle of yellen (“to yell”). More at yell, yollen.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?l
Noun
yowl (plural yowls)
- A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
Translations
Verb
yowl (third-person singular simple present yowls, present participle yowling, simple past and past participle yowled)
- (intransitive) Utter a yowl.
- (transitive) Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.
Derived terms
- yowler
Translations
Anagrams
- Lowy, owly
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