Scream

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To utter a long loud piercing cry, as from pain or fear.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a loud piercing sound: Jet planes screamed through the air.
  • verb-intransitive. To speak or write in a heated hysterical manner.
  • verb-intransitive. To have or produce a startling effect: The outlandish costume screamed with clashing colors.
  • v. To utter or say in or as if in a screaming voice.
  • n. A long, loud, piercing cry or sound.
  • n. Informal One that is hilariously or ridiculously funny: The new play was a scream.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the exclamation of a word, but is usually a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound, particularly /æ/ or /i/, in any case, the loudest and most emphatic sound a human can make tends to be a scream. The term is not generally applied to sounds made by non-humans.
  • n. An entertainingly outrageous person.
  • n. A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.
  • n. Used as an intensifier
  • v. To make the sound of a scream.
  • v. To move quickly; to race.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.
  • n. A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cry out with shrill voice; give vent or utterance to a sharp or piercing outcry; utter shrill cries, as in fright or extreme pain, delight, etc.
  • To give out a shrill sound: as, the railway whistle screamed.
  • n. A sharp, piercing sound or cry, as one uttered in fright, pain, etc.
  • n. A sharp, harsh sound.
  • n. Synonyms Scream, Shriek, Screech. A shriek is sharper, more sudden, and, when due to fear or pain, indicative of more terror or distress than a scream. Screech emphasizes the disagreeableness of the sharpness or shrillness, and its lack of dignity in a person. It is more distinctly figurative to speak of the shriek of a locomotive than to speak of its scream or screech.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
  • n. a joke that seems extremely funny
  • v. utter or declare in a very loud voice
  • v. make a loud, piercing sound
  • v. utter a sudden loud cry
  • n. sharp piercing cry
  • Verb Form
    screamed    screaming    screams   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    noise    laugh    gag    jape    joke    jest    shout    resound    make noise    call   
    Form
    screamed    screaming   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    shriek    screech    cry    shoot    screak    ululate    scritch    squall    squawk    squeal   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Diem    Hakeem    Ibrahim    Joachim    Rahim    Scheme    Sephardim    Supreme    agleam    beam   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    shriek    cry    gasp    screech    noise    laugh    hiss    whisper    whistle    whine