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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