Definition of Shrieking

1. Noun. Sharp piercing cry. "Her screaming attracted the neighbors"

Exact synonyms: Scream, Screaming, Screech, Screeching, Shriek
Generic synonyms: Call, Cry, Outcry, Shout, Vociferation, Yell
Derivative terms: Scream, Scream, Screech, Screechy, Shriek, Shriek

2. Noun. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry. "He heard the scream of the brakes"
Exact synonyms: Scream, Screaming, Screech, Screeching, Shriek
Generic synonyms: Noise
Derivative terms: Scream, Scream, Screech, Screechy, Screech, Shriek

Definition of Shrieking

1. Verb. (present participle of shriek) ¹

2. Noun. A sound that shrieks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shrieking

1. shriek [v] - See also: shriek

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrieking

shrewmice
shrewmouse
shrews
shri
shriech
shrieched
shrieches
shriek
shrieked
shrieker
shriekers
shriekfest
shriekfests
shriekier
shriekiest
shrieking (current term)
shrieking(a)
shriekingly
shriekings
shriekling
shrieklings
shrieks
shriekt
shrieky
shrieval
shrievalties
shrievalty
shrieve
shrieved
shrieves

Literary usage of Shrieking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1922)
"The cries began anew, the would have believed that in that mo- shrieking, ... Who was shrieking? We could sible as it seems, had remained alight, not see. ..."

2. The Diary and Letters of His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson ... Captain by Thomas Hutchinson (1884)
"The mother was in the most inexpressible agonies, crying and shrieking beyond anything I have heard. The child lived about ten minutes. ..."

3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"bride fell, shrieking, into her mother's arms, whence she was torn by the relentless ruffians, who immediately put the mother to death. ..."

4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"bride fell, shrieking, into her mother's arms, whence she was torn by the relentless ruffians, who immediately put the mother to death. ..."

5. Poetry as a Representative Art: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1899)
"... Rippling, and Lapping Water ; Roaring ; Clashing ; Cursing ; shrieking ; Fluttering ; Crawling ; Confusion ; Horror ; Spite ; Scorn ; etc. ..."

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