Word Meanings - YELL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. They yelleden as feendes doon in helle. Chaucer. Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells. Spenser. Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed thee;
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To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. They yelleden as feendes doon in helle. Chaucer. Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells. Spenser. Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed thee; some howled, some yelled. Milton. (more info) gellan, G. gellen, Icel. gjalla, Sw. gälla to ring, resound, and to AS., OS., & OHG. galan to sing, Icel. gala. Cf. 1st Gale, and
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- CLAMOROUS
Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. "My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion." Southey. -- Clam"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Clam"or*ous*ness, - HULLABALOO
A confused noise; uproar; tumult. Thackeray. - SCREECHY
Like a screech; shrill and harsh. - SCREAMER
Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidæ, and the suborder Palamedeæ. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for - TUMULTER
A maker of tumults. He severely punished the tumulters. Milton. - TUMULTUARILY
In a tumultuary manner. - TUMULTUARINESS
The quality or state of being tumultuary. - NOISELESS
Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time. So noiseless would I live. Dryden. -- Noise"less*ly, adv. -- Noise"less*ness, n. - SHRIEK
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. It was the owl that shrieked. Shak. At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train Echoed her grief. Dryden. - NOISEFUL
Loud; clamorous. Dryden. - SHRIEKER
One who utters a shriek. - SCREECHERS
The picarian birds, as distinguished from the singing birds. - TUMULTUARY
1. Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous. "A tumultuary conflict." Eikon Basilike. A tumultuary attack of the Celtic peasantry. Macaulay. Sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish. De Quincey. 2. Restless; - DENUNCIATION
1. Proclamation; announcement; a publishing. Public . . . denunciation of banns before marriage. Bp. Hall. 2. The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment. - TUMULTUATION
Irregular or disorderly movement; commotion; as, the tumultuation of the parts of a fluid. Boyle. - TUMULTUOUS
1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent. The flight became wild and tumultuous. Macaulay. 2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting. 3. Agitated, as with - SCREECH
To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek. "The screech owl, screeching loud." Shak. (more info) Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skrækja to shriek, to screech, skrija to titter, Sw. skrika - TUMULT
1. The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion. What meaneth the noise of this tumult 1 Sam. iv. 14. Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose. Pope. - NOISETTE
A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses - CLAMORER
One who clamors. - CHINOISERIE
Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc. - OUTNOISE
To exceed in noise; to surpass in noisiness. Fuller.