Antonyms for cawing


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kaw
Phonetic Transcription : kÉ”


Definition of cawing

Origin :
  • 1660s, from caw (v.).
  • As in squawk : verb make high-pitched, animal-like sound
  • As in croak : verb make husky, squawking noise
  • As in crow : verb brag, exult
  • As in cry : verb call out, yell
Example sentences :
  • And in one tree sat a raven, beating his wings and cawing loudly.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • I listened, and heard the cawing of rooks, the neighing of horses, and the lowing of cattle.
  • Extract from : « The Birthright » by Joseph Hocking
  • At intervals they all rise in the air, and wheel about, all cawing at once.
  • Extract from : « Bird Stories from Burroughs » by John Burroughs
  • So back they came, cawing at the top of their lungs, for they were very much excited.
  • Extract from : « Blacky the Crow » by Thornton W. Burgess
  • Never had Blacky felt more like cawing at the top of his lungs.
  • Extract from : « Blacky the Crow » by Thornton W. Burgess
  • But, till that happy time, take my advice, and submit to the cawing.
  • Extract from : « The Kellys and the O'Kellys » by Anthony Trollope
  • Their cawing was so constant, that she become superstitious, and declared she could not stand it.
  • Extract from : « A Summer's Outing » by Carter H. Harrison
  • The rooks were cawing and wheeling about the tree-tops, settling for the night.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events » by S. Baring-Gould
  • It sits on the edge of the nest and makes laudable, if ludicrous, efforts at cawing.
  • Extract from : « Birds of the Plains » by Douglas Dewar
  • Feathers flew in all directions; the cawing and screaming were almost deafening.
  • Extract from : « Jungle Folk » by Douglas Dewar

Synonyms for cawing

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