scream

Speech parts

1. scream - Noun

2. scream - Verb

Meaning

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.

A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wow call squall screech riot cry screaming shout yell screeching shrieking howler shriek holler hollo
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Antonyms

hawk calypso carol tweedle caw bellow
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Hypernyms

call noise joke emit cry laugh

Hyponyms

squawk howl screech pipe roar wail

Phrases with the word

scream one's head off scream out do not scream scream for scream like a banshee scream box

Derivatives

screamed screaming

Anagrams

creams

Examples

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis. Ralph Waldo Emerson

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. Elias Canetti

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream. Iris Murdoch

The future happens. No matter how much we scream. Derek Walcott

Pluck the magpie, and don't make her scream. Italian Proverb

It is too late for the bird to scream when it is caught. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

screakily screaking screaky scream bloody murder scream blue murder scream box