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Definition of scream :
1. A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.
2. 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.
Synonyms:
peep, beef, telephone, bellyache, clank, gripe, rage, orgy, knee-slapper, send for, blazon out, abuse, guffaw, clink, shout out, bellow, creaking, bolt, boom, ring, cower, chant, tremble, blare, visit, call up, promise, back away, clamour, howler monkey, clang, screak, anticipate, howler, laugh, belly laugh, wow, hollo, recoil, hyperventilate, squall, bacchanal, clapperclaw, shrink, pop, weep, bacchanalia, ejaculate, bleep, call in, debauchery, clack, blackguard, call off, drunken revelry, roar, thigh-slapper, call out, wawl, bitch, plop, rioting, cacophony, hoot, screeching, saturnalia, vociferate, beep, squawk, phone, crab, cry out, cringe, burst, public violence, outcry, name, waul, blast, click, crack, bang, sidesplitter, address, forebode, foretell, grouse, shrill, show, debauch, screaming, prognosticate, shrieking, riot, clash, holler out, bid, predict
cry (part of speech: verb)
call, shriek, exclaim, sob, yell, bawl, cheer, howl, shout, whoop, holler, groan, moan, clamor, cry, growl
shrillness (part of speech: noun)
caterwaul, shrillness, hoarseness, squeal, whistle, acuteness, creakiness, scratchiness, sharpness, stridency, reediness, piercing, screech, harshness, highness, raucousness
scream (part of speech: verb)
Usage examples:
- At last, with a great effort, he was able to let out a scream of joy and, opening wide his arms he threw them around the old man's neck. - "The Adventures of Pinocchio", C. Collodi--Pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini.
- Don't scream so; you alarm your mother." - "John Halifax, Gentleman", Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.
- She would scream and fight, but they would drag her away. - "In a Little Town", Rupert Hughes.