howling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: howling	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
howling adj extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" Synonym(s): fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous n a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain"; "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect" Synonym(s): howl, howling, ululation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Howl \Howl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Howled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Howling}.] [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwil[d3]n to exult, h[?]wo owl, Dan. hyle to howl.] 1. To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. And dogs in corners set them down to howl. --Drayton. Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears. --Shak. 2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail. Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. --Is. xiii. 6. 3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. Wild howled the wind. --Sir W. Scott. {Howling monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Howler}, 2. {Howling wilderness}, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10.