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Noun: screaming  skreeming
  1. Sharp piercing cry
    "her screaming attracted the neighbours"
    - scream, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching
     
  2. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
    - screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream
Adjective: screaming  skreeming
  1. So extremely intense as to evoke screams
    "in screaming agony"; "a screaming rage"
     
  2. Resembling a scream in effect
    "screaming headlines"; "screaming colours and designs"
     
  3. Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
    "a screaming farce"
    - hilarious, uproarious
Verb: scream  skreem
  1. Utter a sudden loud cry
    - shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, holler, hollo [non-standard], squall
     
  2. Utter or declare in a very loud voice
    - yell
     
  3. Make a loud, piercing sound
    "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies"

Derived forms: screamings

See also: humorous, humourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard], intense, screamer, screamingly, sensational

Type of: call, cry, emit, let loose, let out, make noise, noise, outcry, resound, shout, utter, vociferation, yell

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