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Definition: Yelled |
YelledAdjective1. In a vehement outcry; "his shouted words of encouragement could be heard over the crowd noises". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "yelled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Synonym: YelledSynonym: shouted (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Yelled |
| English words defined with "yelled": abuse ♦ call, contumely, cry ♦ holler, hollo ♦ insult ♦ revilement ♦ scream, shout, shout out, squall ♦ yell. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "yelled": emo. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And I been wonderin' if all our folks got together and yelled - (The Grapes of Wrath; writing credit: John Steinbeck; Nunnally Johnson) Since your mother yelled at me. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) It's been a while since we've yelled somethingMaybe we shouldNo (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) Of course you were, you were the one who yelled the Breakfast Clubber's name (A Night at the Roxbury; writing credit: Steve Koren; Will Ferrell) | |
Lyrics | I yelled back when I heard thunder (One Last Breath; performing artist: Creed) | |
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| "Lava 2" by Cerys Jones Commentary: "The intention with these was to suggest a hot atmosphere - the colour just yelled it at me at a whimsical moment." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | I don't want to know, I don't want to see, I don't want to hear, he yelled as he ran, "this is not my planet, I didn't choose to be here, I don't want to get involved, just get me out of here, and get me to a party, with people I can relate to! |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He yelled his head off. |
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| "Yelled" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 96.48% of the time. "Yelled" is used about 680 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 96.48% | 656 | 9,979 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 3.23% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 680 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "yelled": get yelled at. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "yelled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 叫喊 (Yell, Yelling, Yelped, Yelping). (various references) | |
French | hurlai, hurlés, hurlé, hurlâmes, hurlèrent, hurla. (various references) | |
German | schrie (clamoured, cried, screamed, shouted, vociferated), geschrieen (cried, screamed, screeched, shouted, shrilled, squalled). (various references) | |
Italian | gridai (clamoured, screamed). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | yelleday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gritado, berrado. (various references) | |
Spanish | grito/, gritado. (various references) | |
Swedish | vrålade. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 2, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ep' auton wruonto leonteV kai edwkan thn fwnhn autwn oi etaxan thn ghn autou eiV erhmon kai ai poleiV autou kateskafhsan para to mh katoikeisqai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Super eum rugierunt leones et dederunt vocem suam posuerunt terram eius in solitudinem civitates eius exustae sunt et non est qui habitet in eis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Whi thanne mad he is in to prei? Vp on hym roreden leouns, and yeuen ther vois; thei setteden his lond in to wildernesse, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them. |
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| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 2, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Ang mga gagmayng leon nanagngulob kaniya, ug mingpadahunog sa ilang tingog; ug ilang gipaawa-aw ang iyang yuta: ang iyang mga ciudad nangasunog, nga walay pumoluyo. |
| Croatian | Lavovi su na nj rikali, podizali glas svoj. U pustoš pretvoriše zemlju njegovu, gradove popališe, nema im žitelja. |
| Danish | Løver brøler imod ham med rungende Røst; hans Land har de gjort til en Ørk, hans Byer er brændt, så ingen bor der. |
| Dutch | De jonge leeuwen hebben over hem gebruld, zij hebben hun stem verheven; en zij hebben zijn land gezet in verwoesting; zijn steden zijn verbrand, dat er niemand in woont. |
| Finnish | Häntä vastaan kiljuivat nuoret leijonat, antoivat äänensä kuulua; ne tekivät hänen maansa autioksi, hänen kaupunkinsa hävitettiin asujattomiksi. |
| French | Contre lui les lionceaux rugissent, poussent leurs cris, Et ils ravagent son pays; Ses villes sont brûlées, il n`y a plus d`habitants. |
| German | Denn Löwen brüllen über ihn und schreien und verwüsten sein Land, und seine Städte werden verbrannt, daß niemand darin wohnt. |
| Hungarian | Oroszlánok ordítanak reá, megeresztik hangjokat, és sivataggá teszik földjét; városai szétromboltatnak, lakatlanok. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Musuhnya mengaum kepadanya seperti singa, tanahnya dijadikan tandus dan hampa, kota-kotanya habis dimakan api, dibiarkan terlantar tak berpenghuni. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa beberapa singa sudah mangaum-aum akan dia dengan hebat bunyinya, dibinasakannya tanahnya dan ditunukannya segala negerinya, sehingga seorangpun tiada yang lagi mendudukinya. |
| Italian | Contro di lui ruggiscono i leoni, fanno udire i loro urli. La sua terra è ridotta a deserto, le sue città sono state bruciate e nessuno vi abita. |
| Maori | Kua ngengere nga raiona kuao ki a ia, kua hamama: a kua meinga e ratou tona whenua kia ururua; kua tahuna ona pa, kahore hoki te tangata noho i reira. |
| Norwegian | Unge løver brølte mot ham; de lot sin røst høre, og de gjorde hans land til en ørken; hans byer blev opbrent, så ingen bor i dem. |
| Portuguese | Os leões novos rugiram sobre ele, e levantaram a sua voz; e fizeram da terra dele uma desolação; as suas cidades se queimaram, e ninguém habita nelas. |
| Rumanian | ,Niwte pui de lei mugesc wi strigq kmpotriva lui, wi -i pustiesc yara; cetqyile ki sknt arse wi fqrq locuitori. |
| Russian | ъБТЩЛБМЙ ОБ ОЕЗП НПМПДЩЕ МШЧЩ, РПДБМЙ ЗПМПУ УЧПК Й УДЕМБМЙ ЪЕНМА ЕЗП РХУФЩОЕА; ЗПТПДБ ЕЗП УПЦЦЕОЩ, ВЕЪ ЦЙФЕМЕК. |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "yelled": outyelled. (additional references) | |
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"Yelled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: yald, Yeald, Yeelen, yeld, yelde, yele, yelid, Yeliz, yella, Yelland, yoled. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "yelled" (pronounced ye"ld) |
| 4 | y e" l d | fjeld. |
| 3 | -e" l d | celled, compelled, dispelled, dwelled, excelled, expelled, felled, handheld, held, impelled, meld, misspelled, propelled, quelled, rebelled, repelled, shelled, smelled, spelled, swelled, upheld, weld, withheld. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-l-l-y" | |
-1 letter: delly. | |
-2 letters: dele, dell, eely, eyed, yeld, yell. | |
-3 letters: dee, del, dey, dye, eel, eld, ell, eye, led, lee, ley, lye. | |
-4 letters: de, ed, el, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-l-l-y" | |
+1 letter: elderly. | |
+2 letters: elatedly, leadenly, veiledly, volleyed, walleyed, yellowed, yodelled, yodeller. | |
+3 letters: allegedly, belatedly, blessedly, endlessly, exaltedly, eyeballed, federally, heedfully, learnedly, needfully, outyelled, relatedly, relaxedly, slenderly, trolleyed, yodellers. | |
+4 letters: bellyached, delectably, delicately, delusively, deployable, desolately, detailedly, heedlessly, lamentedly, medievally, needlessly, redolently, relievedly, remedially, secludedly, underbelly. | |
+5 letters: collectedly, deathlessly, deceitfully, decennially, delightedly, dreamlessly, eidetically, endemically, endosteally, flusteredly, legendarily, perplexedly. | |
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