noun
- Sharp piercing cry.
- usage: "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
- synonyms: scream, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching
- A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.
- usage: "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes"
- synonyms: screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream
verb
- Utter a sudden loud cry.
- usage: "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
- Utter or declare in a very loud voice.
- usage: "You don't have to yell-I can hear you just fine"
- Make a loud, piercing sound.
- usage: "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies"
- synonyms: scream
adjective
- So extremely intense as to evoke screams.
- usage: "in screaming agony"; "a screaming rage"
- Resembling a scream in effect.
- usage: "screaming headlines"; "screaming colors and designs"
- Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter.
- usage: "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories"
- synonyms: hilarious, uproarious
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