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n. A shrill, often frantic cry.

n. A sound suggestive of such a cry.

verb-intransitive. To utter a shriek.

verb-intransitive. To make a sound similar to a shriek.

v. To utter with a shriek.

n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.

v. To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.

v. To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

verb-intransitive. To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.

v. To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.

To utter a sharp, shrill cry; cry out more or less convulsively, at a pitch above that of a scream, as in great and sudden fright, in horror, or in extreme pain: used sometimes, by hyperbole, of laughter.

To utter with a shriek or a shrill wild cry.

n. A sharp, shrill outcry: as, the shriek of a whistle; shrieks of laughter. See shriek, v.

n. Synonyms Screech etc. See screem.

n. sharp piercing cry

n. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

v. utter a shrill cry

"But the shriek from the bed was not that of a man, but a boy."

shrieked    shrieking    shrieks   

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shrieked    shrieking   

scream   

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scream    howl    screech    groan    hiss    laugh    whisper    whistle    noise    rush