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Yelled

Yell \Yell\ (y[e^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yelling.] [OE. yellen, [yogh]ellen, AS. giellan, gillan, gyllan; akin to D. gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel. gjalla, Sw. g["a]lla to ring, resound, and to AS., OS., & OHG. galan to sing, Icel. gal

  1. Cf. 1st Gale, and Nightingale.] To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.

    They yelleden as feendes doon in helle.
    --Chaucer.

    Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells.
    --Spenser.

    Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed thee; some howled, some yelled.
    --Milton.

Wiktionary
yelled

vb. (en-past of: yell)

WordNet
yelled

adj. in a vehement outcry; "his shouted words of encouragement could be heard over the crowd noises" [syn: shouted]

Usage examples of "yelled".

After a couple of minutes she went back to the bathroom door, knocked and yelled: “Lucien?

This time he yelled, a stream of obscenities rising into a howl of rage and pain.

An earlier Tesla might have brought her Harley to a screeching halt in the middle of Main Street and yelled herself hoarse trying to get people to leave before the Iad came.

Coker yelled something over his shoulder by way of reply, but it was lost in the tumult.

He drew a deep breath, and though he could no longer hear his own voice, yelled into the bedlam.

And if you'll all drop out of panic mode, I'll tell you why I dyed it and where I've been and what I've been doing,” Kelly yelled back, glaring at all of them.

Protests were yelled from all directions then unti Dorem Naruti, not wishing to be a target foi anyone's frustration, took refuge behind Thir Speaker.

The Gringg'll be able to furnish several embassies with what's come in,” Kelly yelled down to him, waving her clipboard.

Heis alternately yelled into the hand unit and at startled bystanders.

Varian yelled at them to relieve the horror that she experienced looking down at her co-leader.

Across the street, a familiar voice yelled ‘There go the skeleton twins’ and they ran faster.

She'd heard stories enough about his wild tricks—there were times when Jinevra and Daddy seemed to have nothing else to discuss on their brief visits—but to her he was still the tousle-headed toddler who'd hugged her titanium shell every time he came for a visit, who'd waved and yelled as enthusiastically as if she were a real flesh-and-blood sister who could cuddle him on her lap, who'd screamed with glee when she carried him around the school track for a quick round of PowerSeek with her classmates.

Keff yelled, as the floor dropped out from under them when the power failed.

Heis alternately yelled into the hand-unit and at startled bystanders.

Lideen yelled as the other two miners' reps hauled her out of the room.