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yell¹

  • /jɛl/

Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it comes from

From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).

verb yells · yelling · yelled

  1. intransitive To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.

    Similar: call, cry, holler, shout

  2. transitive To convey by shouting. He yelled directions to the party from the car.
  3. informal, usually, followed by at To tell someone off, to scold or rebuke, typically in a loud and angry manner. If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.

noun yells

  1. A shout.
  2. A phrase to be shouted. After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells, which transported us all in mind and feelings[…]

yell²

  • /jɛl/

Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Scots yeld (“ceasing to give milk”).

adjective

  1. Ulster, not comparable dry (of cow)

Yell³

Where it comes from

The name of the Shetland Island is from Pictish, cognate with Welsh iâl (“pastureland”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *yalom (“clearing”).

proper noun

  1. The second-largest island in the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.
  2. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States, named after Archibald Yell.
  3. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: shout, vociferation, holler, scream, outcry, hollo, cry, shout out, squall, call, shouting, roar, clamour, screaming, squeal, howl

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verb shout (verb)

Españolgritar, vociferar, vocear, gritonear, exclamar, huchear
한국어소리치다 sorichida, 외치다 oechida
日本語叫ぶ sakebu
中文叫喊 jiàohǎn, 叫 jiào
हिन्दीचिल्लाना cillānā
Portuguêsgritar
Françaishurler, gueuler
Deutschschreien
Italianourlare, gridare, strillare, sbraitare
Ελληνικάωρύομαι orýomai, ουρλιάζω ourliázo, κραυγάζω kravgázo, σκούζω skoúzo, φωνάζω fonázo
Românăurla, țipa, striga
Русскийкрича́ть kričátʹ, ора́ть orátʹ, вопи́ть vopítʹ
Tiếng Việtla hét
العربيةصَاحَ ṣāḥa
עבריתצָרַח tsaráḥ

noun a shout

Españolgrito, vociferación, gritoneo, voceo

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@misc{yell_2026,
  title = {yell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}