Antonyms for bellow


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bel-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛl oʊ


Definition of bellow

Origin :
  • apparently from Old English bylgan "to bellow," from PIE root *bhel- (4) "to sound, roar." Originally of animals, especially cows and bulls; used of human beings since c.1600. Related: Bellowed; bellowing. As a noun from 1779.
  • verb holler
Example sentences :
  • This outbreak terminated in a sound between a snarl and a bellow.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • With a bellow of rage, he came straight at Quirl, arms outstretched.
  • Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • With a bellow of rage the beast was out of its bed and rushing at them.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • The big man burst into a bellow of contemptuous laughter and flung her from him.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • He's done nothing but parade up and down and bellow ever since we got here.
  • Extract from : « Project Mastodon » by Clifford Donald Simak
  • As the young man began to speak, he attempted to bellow him into silence.
  • Extract from : « The Rainy Day Railroad War » by Holman Day
  • With a bellow of fury, Mado fired with the kalbite tube at his hip.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of Vibration » by Harl Vincent
  • Then the smoky dive across the Schuylkill and the bellow of the subway.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
  • It gave a bellow of rage, lowered its head, and dashed at her.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • In the light of star-shells and explosions they saw its guns begin to bellow.
  • Extract from : « Morale » by Murray Leinster

Synonyms for bellow

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