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Found 4 hits - Term: screaming, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
screaming \scream"ing\, a.
   1. uttering screams; shrieking.
      1913 webster

   2. having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill;
      sharp.
      1913 webster

            the fearful matrons raise a screaming cry. --dryden.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
scream \scream\ skr=em, v. i. imp.  p. p. screamed
   skr=emd; p. pr.  vb. n. screaming. icel. skraema to
   scare, terrify; akin to sw. skraumma, dan. skraemme. cf.
   screech.
   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.
   1913 webster

         i heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. --shak.
   1913 webster

         and scream thyself as none e'er screamed before.
                                                  --pope.
   1913 webster
see also:
screamed screaming screech 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
screaming
     adj 1: loud and sustained; shrill and piercing; "hordes of
            screaming fans"; "a screaming jet plane"; "a screaming
            fury of sound"; "a screeching parrot"; "screeching
            brakes"; "a horde of shrieking fans"; "shrieking
            winds" syn: screaminga, screechinga, shriekinga
     2: so extremely intense as to evoke screams; "in screaming
        agony"; "a screaming rage" syn: screaminga
     3: resembling a scream in effect; "screaming headlines";
        "screaming colors and designs" syn: screaminga
     4: marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive
        laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce";
        "uproarious stories" syn: hilarious, screaminga, uproarious
     n 1: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
          syn: scream, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching
     2: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at
        the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the
        brakes" syn: screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking,
         scream
see also:
screaminga screechinga shriekinga hilarious uproarious scream 
shriek shrieking screech screeching 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
64 moby thesaurus words for "screaming":
   absurd, amusing, bawling, bizarre, blatant, blinding, boanergean,
   brawling, brazen, brazenfaced, clamorous, clamoursome, colorful,
   crude, crying, droll, eccentric, extravagant, flagrant, flaring,
   flashy, flaunting, funny, garish, gaudy, glaring, gorgeous,
   hilarious, humorous, incongruous, laughable, loud, loudmouthed,
   ludicrous, lurid, meretricious, noisy, obstreperous, obtrusive,
   openmouthed, overbright, priceless, quaint, quizzical, raw, rich,
   ridiculous, risible, sensational, shameless, shouting, shrieking,
   spectacular, tawdry, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, vulgar,
   whimsical, witty, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping





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