caterwaul


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Synonyms for caterwaul

to quarrel noisily

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Synonyms for caterwaul

the yowling sound made by a cat in heat

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utter shrieks, as of cats

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When children waste away to literally nothing while fourteen million people (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/31/magazine/yemen-war-saudi-arabia.html) endure conflict-driven famine, a hue and cry--yes, a caterwaul --most certainly should be raised, worldwide.
A cat caterwauls a sexual brand of labor over a wall I never intend to pass.
Their top 10 of words that deserve to be used more often is: caterwaul (howling or wailing noise), concinnity (harmonious arrangement or fitting together), flapdoodle (nonsense), knavery (roguish act), melange (mixture), obambulate (to walk about), opsimath (a person who studies late in life), philistine (hostile to culture and the arts), rapscallion (rascal) and subtopia (unsightly suburb and development).
I don't want to sound like I think all metal bands sound the same - they really don't - but sometimes it's interesting to see just how a band will differentiate itself from the metallic, screeching caterwaul. Take Machine Head, for instance, with scream-from-the-abyss vocals, machine gun rat-tat-tat percussion and its deep, earth-shaking bass.
MEET Smokey, the moggie who puts the "ow" in miaow and the "cat" in caterwaul.
THE tinnitus-inflicting caterwaul of The Voice's Battle Rounds, especially Will.i.am giving opera duo Carla and Barbara the Mariah Carey karaoke suicide cocktail Hero.
The juxtapositions play out as an emotional tumult, a storm the percussion caterwaul well underscores.
I wonder would the same people who bemoan those of us who choose not to slip towards Type II Diabetes and risk stroke or heart problems also be the first to caterwaul about the state of the NHS due to the cost of treating such ailments?
The caterwaul of drums and guitars rocks as hard as any band out there, and the sound of lead singer Brook Reeves hammering the words, "Hammered.
3) That he still wanted Kat after hearing her caterwaul at karaoke (X Factor, eat ya heart out).
Performances struggle to be heard above the din of Bear McCreary's orchestral score and a symphony of roars, screeches and caterwauls. Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown is the sole exception, using limited screen time to plumb the maelstrom of conflicting emotions of a resourceful 14-year-old, who is collateral damage in the feud between her parents.
It was modern, sleek and all about silhouette frills that caterwauled feminine appeal.
Humour isn't always intentional, but a few crisp one-liners elicit chuckles like when one grief-stricken crew member caterwauls: "That living fossil ate my friend!" Leading man Jason Statham (pictured) glowers on cue and removes his shirt for a gratuitous topless scene to verify he is in excellent gym-toned shape even if his film is bloated.
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"I am Gemma Collins - I don't have to answer to anyone about my fashion choices," she caterwauled this week.