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