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Definition of Scream
1. Verb. Utter a sudden loud cry. "Sam and Sue scream"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
Related verbs: Call, Call Out, Cry, Cry Out, Exclaim, Outcry, Shout
Specialized synonyms: Hollo, Hurrah, Halloo, Whoop, Pipe, Pipe Up, Shriek, Shrill, Howl, Roar, Ululate, Wail, Yaup, Yawl, Screak, Screech, Skreak, Skreigh, Squawk
Generic synonyms: Emit, Let Loose, Let Out, Utter
Derivative terms: Call, Cry, Cry, Holler, Hollering, Hollo, Screamer, Screaming, Shout, Shouting, Yell, Yell, Yelling
Also: Call Out, Cry Out
2. Noun. Sharp piercing cry. "Her screaming attracted the neighbors"
Generic synonyms: Call, Cry, Outcry, Shout, Vociferation, Yell
Derivative terms: Screech, Screechy, Shriek, Shriek
3. Verb. Utter or declare in a very loud voice. "Sam and Sue scream"; "You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine"
4. Noun. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry. "He heard the scream of the brakes"
Generic synonyms: Noise
Derivative terms: Screech, Screechy, Screech, Shriek
5. Verb. Make a loud, piercing sound. "The meadows scream with animals "; "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies"
6. Noun. A joke that seems extremely funny.
Generic synonyms: Gag, Jape, Jest, Joke, Laugh
Derivative terms: Howl
Definition of Scream
1. v. i. 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.
2. n. A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.
Definition of Scream
1. Noun. A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the exclamation of a word, but is usually a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound, particularly /æ/ or /i/, in any case, the loudest and most emphatic sound a human can make tends to be a scream. The term is not generally applied to sounds made by non-humans. ¹
2. Noun. (informal) An entertainingly outrageous person. ¹
3. Noun. (music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer. ¹
4. Noun. (informal) (non-gloss definition Used as an intensifier) ¹
5. Verb. To make the sound of a scream. ¹
6. Verb. To move quickly; to race. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scream
1. to utter a prolonged, piercing cry [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scream
Literary usage of Scream
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"The captain's pistols were in his cabin ; and as nobody saw me, I took them down,
without even attempting to scream—which, I have no doubt, I should have ..."
2. Change for the American Notes: In Letters from London to New York by Henry Wood (1843)
"LETTER XXXIII. ¡funerals.—Professors^* Teare.—A Black Coachman.— The Irish "
Wakes."—" The scream of the Morning."— New-England Towns.—Newness.—Mr. Dickens. ..."
3. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1854)
"There's a horrible cry, there's an agonized scream, Aud pool and ... as might
mortal beseem, Heart-frozen at sound of that agonized scream ! i/EM voi. ..."
4. The American of the Future: And Other Essays by Brander Matthews (1909)
"... THE scream OF THE SPREAD-EAGLE WHEN Joseph Rodman Drake wrote his impassioned
lyric on the 'American Flag' he ended it with this resonant outburst: And ..."
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