What does squalling mean?
Squalling means Present participle and gerund of squall..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
Present participle and gerund of squall..
Squalling was the word for it, Pew's anger rose so high at these objections; till at last, his passion completely taking the upper hand, he struck at them right and left in his blindness, and his stick sounded heavily on more than one.
Open carriages tend to be draughty and inadequately heated. The passenger in them has no escape from the annoyance of squalling babies, boisterous drunks, and riotous teddy-boys, who may be at the far end of the coach but whose din cannot be shut out.
But my attention was suddenly called from my own situation, by the most appalling shouts and squallings proceeding from the back of the carriage.
“Cease thy squalling, thou shrew!”
Use squalling when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Squalling means Present participle and gerund of squall..
Common synonyms include squallery, unquiet, squally.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Squalling was the word for it, Pew's anger rose so high at these objections; till at last, his passion completely taking the upper hand, he struck at them right and left in his blindness, and his stick sounded heavily on more than one.
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