as in to whimper
to utter feeble plaintive cries
the tiny kitten mewled for its mother
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Recent Examples of mewl
Their swollen limbs, skeletal frames, and mewling cries of desperation are what keep me awake at night.
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Jennifer Furin, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Stray cats followed us around, mewling from hunger.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Henry has unexpectedly become a dad, and must deal with a screaming, mewling baby that resembles a small skinned animal.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Tannahill, now jerked upside down, would mewl and scream and clamber down a wall.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
That’s the music I was raised on: Morrissey’s mewling over beautiful, peppy Johnny Marr guitar parts.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2018
Somewhere in the dark of the room, a kitten mewled.
—James Queally and Anh Do, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
The cats, which spent the first day mewling, have mellowed out.
—Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2017
Jennifer Furin, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Stray cats followed us around, mewling from hunger.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Henry has unexpectedly become a dad, and must deal with a screaming, mewling baby that resembles a small skinned animal.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Tannahill, now jerked upside down, would mewl and scream and clamber down a wall.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
That’s the music I was raised on: Morrissey’s mewling over beautiful, peppy Johnny Marr guitar parts.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2018
Somewhere in the dark of the room, a kitten mewled.
—James Queally and Anh Do, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
The cats, which spent the first day mewling, have mellowed out.
—Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mewl
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But after that leadoff bang, the Red Sox whimpered through the next four innings.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
22 July 2025
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In the ward of whimpering children, Susan Martine from South Sudan cares for her 2-year-old daughter, who has sores after swelling caused by severe malnutrition.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2025
Verb
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Yuhua says upon entering the competition, while other footage includes queens proudly standing atop the Werk Room tables, and, of course, crying.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
29 July 2025
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Parents are stressed, and kids are coming home crying.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
29 July 2025
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“Mewl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mewl. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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