Scream

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  • intransitive verb. To utter a long loud piercing cry, as from pain or fear.
  • intransitive verb. To make a loud piercing sound.
  • intransitive verb. To speak or write in an excited or fearful manner.
  • intransitive verb. To have or produce a startling effect.
  • intransitive verb. To utter or say in a screaming voice or in an excited or fearful manner.
  • noun. A long, loud, piercing cry or sound.
  • noun. One that is hilariously or ridiculously funny.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A sharp, piercing sound or cry, as one uttered in fright, pain, etc.
  • noun. A sharp, harsh sound.
  • noun. 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.
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.
  • intransitive verb. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. An entertainingly outrageous person.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Used as an intensifier
  • verb. To make the sound of a scream.
  • verb. To move quickly; to race.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
  • noun. a joke that seems extremely funny
  • verb. utter or declare in a very loud voice
  • verb. make a loud, piercing sound
  • verb. utter a sudden loud cry
  • noun. sharp piercing cry
  • Word Usage
    "But I will say that the term scream queen is being thrown around without any regard for what it really is."
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    call  cry  gag  jape  jest  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Diem  Hakeem  Ibrahim  Joachim  Rahim  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    agony  burst  crash  cry  gasp  
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    Words with the same meaning
    bark  battle cry  bawl  bay  bell  
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