SQUALLING Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

squalling

verb

Definition of squalling next

present participle of squall

as in shrieking

to cry out loudly and emotionally the baby squalled in pain

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Recent Examples of squalling Late spring is the start of the wet monsoon season in Myanmar, when heavy rains and squalling winds sweep in from the Bay of Bengal. —

Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 But there instead was wee Elizabeth, squalling in her arms. —

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025

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While peacocks have roamed the streets of Los Angeles County for more than a century, officials in 2021 moved to ban people from feeding them after reports of the birds shrieking in the night and damaging property.

— Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
Then a fleet of America’s Cup AC50 catamarans — 50-foot carbon-fiber flying behemoths — came shrieking past Calico Jack’s at speeds approaching 50 knots.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 8 May 2026