MEWL Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

mewl

verb

ˈmyül

Definition of mewl

as in to whimper

to utter feeble plaintive cries the tiny kitten mewled for its mother

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Recent Examples of mewl In a closed primary state, stop mewling and join a party or keep quiet. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026 Their swollen limbs, skeletal frames, and mewling cries of desperation are what keep me awake at night. — Jennifer Furin, TIME, 19 Feb. 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 The cats, which spent the first day mewling, have mellowed out. — Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2017

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Over the course of two hours, witnesses watched and listened as Christa Pike cried, whimpered and snored through Tennessee’s attempt to execute her.

— Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026
And then the child began to whimper, slowly waking from her sleep.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of whimper

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Among them were a parent at her daughter’s school who recognized her on account of her voice alone and a dad on an airplane whose baby had been crying non-stop for over an hour.

— Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Another girl cried non-stop—possibly from fear and nervousness rather than sorrow.

— Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026

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