Screaming

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Crying or sounding shrilly.
  • Causing a scream: as, a screaming farce (one calculated to make the audience scream with laughter).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Uttering screams; shrieking.
  • adjective. Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of scream.
  • adjective. Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.
  • adjective. Obvious; distinct.
  • adjective. Effeminate, flamboyant or otherwise obviously gay.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
  • adjective. marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
  • noun. sharp piercing cry
  • adjective. so extremely intense as to evoke screams
  • adjective. resembling a scream in effect
  • Word Usage
    "If Lucy is screaming and Tessa is screaming*, I'm running to take care of Tessa."
    Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    call  cry  noise  outcry  shout  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-stem
    scream