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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOWLING

ppr. Uttering the cry of a dog or wolf; uttering a loud cry of distress.

 

HOWLING

a.Filled with howls, or howling beasts; dreary. Innumerable artifices and stratagems are acted in the howling wilderness and in the great deep, that can never come to our knowledge.

 

HOWLING

n.The act of howling; a loud outcry or mournful sound.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

howling

howl ing |ˈhouliNG haʊlɪŋ | adjective [ attrib. ] 1 producing a long, loud, doleful cry or wailing sound. archaic filled with or characterized by such sounds: the howling wilderness. 2 informal extreme; great: the meal was a howling success.

 

Oxford Dictionary

howling

howl |ing |ˈhaʊlɪŋ | adjective [ attrib. ] 1 producing a long, doleful cry or wailing sound. 2 informal extreme or great: the meal was a howling success. DERIVATIVES howlingly adverb

 

howling dervish

howl |ing der |vish noun see dervish.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

howling

h wl ing 形容詞 名詞 の前で 〗1 (長く )ほえる 〈犬など 〉; 泣き叫ぶ ; わめき立てる ; ヒューヒューいう 〈風など 〉, うなる 〈あらしなど 〉.2 ⦅くだけて ⦆とてつもない, ものすごい ▸ a howling success 大成功 .3 荒涼とした 〈荒野など 〉.