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adjective

Definition of yelpingnext
as in squealing

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yelping

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verb

present participle of yelp
as in shrieking
to cry out loudly and emotionally yelped with surprise when everything fell off the closet shelf and onto his head

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelping
  1. whiny
  2. yelling
  3. strident
  4. earsplitting
  5. penetrating
  6. nasal
  7. piercing
Adjective
  • His breath control is lacking, his Lin-Manuel-esque flow is whiny, and the lyrics have nothing to do with the moment.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Some students concede this can sound whiny, and that they can be pushy.
    Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of whiny
Verb
  • Everyone began yelling at her to jump.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • She was accused of yelling racial slurs and throwing a pillow at a woman in a Roseville store just before Christmas and had been suspended.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of yelling
Adjective
  • For years, politicians have made increasingly strident promises to curb migration to the UK; for the most part, those promises have fallen short.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
  • However, Harris' strident support for Volodymyr Zelensky and his country's battle against Vladimir's Putin's invasion won recognition from security experts.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of strident
Adjective
  • The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.
    Bryce MillerColumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
  • In Soledar, an old salt mining town, earsplitting explosions crack in every direction.
    Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2022
Definition of earsplitting
Adjective
  • One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.
    Hisham Matar, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
Definition of penetrating
Adjective
  • The arid conditions dry out the mucus in your sinuses, which can cause the sinus walls to become swollen or inflamed, while drying out the skin inside the throat and nasal passages.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The decision follows the agency’s scientists’ conclusion that the oral form of the drug is ineffective as a nasal decongestant.
    WKRC Staff, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of nasal
Adjective
  • Some of the most piercing instances in Emilia’s journey rely on Audiard’s penchant for indelible imagery.
    Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.
    Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of piercing
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