 screaming |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] loud and sustained; shrill and piercing | |
| Synonyms: | screeching shrieking | |
| Examples: | "hordes of screaming fans" "a screaming jet plane" "a screaming fury of sound" "a screeching parrot" "screeching brakes" "a horde of shrieking fans" "shrieking winds" |
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| Related terms: | noisy | |
| 2. | [ noun ] sharp piercing cry | |
| Synonyms: | scream shriek shrieking screech screeching | |
| Examples: | "her screaming attracted the neighbors" |
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| Related terms: | cry shout squeak | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] so extremely intense as to evoke screams | |
| Examples: | "in screaming agony" "a screaming rage" |
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| Related terms: | intense | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter | |
| Synonyms: | hilarious uproarious | |
| Examples: | "hilarious broad comedy" "a screaming farce" "uproarious stories" |
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| Related terms: | humorous | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] resembling a scream in effect | |
| Examples: | "screaming headlines" "screaming colors and designs" |
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| Related terms: | sensational | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | |
| Synonyms: | screech shriek screeching scream shrieking shreiking | |
| Examples: | "he ducked at the screechings of shells" "he heard the scream of the brakes" |
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| Related terms: | noise squawk scream | |
| Similar spelling: |
screamingly scream scoring screwing screening Schram scurrying Schramm screamer Scherman Schrum Schrom screen scouring scorner scorned Schranz |
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