yowl

/jaʊl/
verb
  1. To make a loud, long cry of pain, distress, or anger.
    • Two stray cats yowled at each other outside our window all night.
    • He yowled in surprise when he stubbed his toe on the table leg.
    • The baby began to yowl when she dropped her toy.
Antonyms
noun
  1. A loud, long cry of pain, distress, or anger, often made by an animal.
    • The dog's yowl of pain made everyone rush to see what was wrong.
    • We heard a terrible yowl from the backyard in the middle of the night.
    • The cat let out a sharp yowl when its tail was stepped on.
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