MEANING
Cried or whined weakly; made a soft, high-pitched sound like a kitten.
Use it for
weak crying; helplessness; fear; injury; exhausted pleadingGreat for conveying vulnerability or pathetic fear without saying 'cried'. Often carries a slightly contemptuous or bleak tone in narration.
Words that belong together
- mewled softly
- mewled piteously
- a baby mewled
- the cat mewled at the door
On the page
The injured animal mewled softly in the dark.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- mewl
- Past tense
- mewled
- Past participle
- mewled
- Present participle
- mewling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- mewl
- Present continuous
- am/is/are mewling
- Present perfect
- have/has mewled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been mewling
- Past
- mewled
- Past continuous
- was/were mewling
- Past perfect
- had mewled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been mewling
- Future
- will mewl
- Future continuous
- will be mewling
- Future perfect
- will have mewled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been mewling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
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