Scream
[skriːm] or [skrim]
Definition
(noun.) sharp piercing cry; 'her screaming attracted the neighbors'.
(verb.) make a loud, piercing sound; 'Fighter planes are screaming through the skies'.
Typist: Virginia--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Shriek, screech, cry out (in a shrill voice).
n. Shriek, screech, yell, outcry, shrill cry.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Screech, shriek, yell
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Definition
v.i. to cry out with a shrill cry as in fear or pain: to shriek.—n. a shrill sudden cry as in fear or pain: a shriek.—n. Scream′er one who screams: a genus of South American birds about the size of the turkey with loud harsh cry: (U.S. slang) a bouncer.—Screaming farce one highly ludicrous.
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Examples
- There was a scream from the women all huddled in the doorway to look at us--a shout from the men--two of them down but not hurt. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Miss Volumnia with a third little scream takes flight, wishing her hosts--O Lud! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But, the latter application was by no means a success, causing Mr Fledgeby to scream, and to cry out, 'Oh my eye! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then suddenly realising the exposure, he broke into a scream and threw himself down with his face to the pillow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- A horrid scream of bestial rage broke from the banth as he felt warm flesh beneath his powerful talons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- As he spoke, a woman's shrill scream--a scream which vibrated with a frenzy of horror--burst from the thick, green clump of bushes in front of us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I opened my mouth to scream, but he struck me a savage blow with his fist over the eye, and felled me to the ground. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And I was stamping my foot and screaming, when he first took notice of me; was I? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then, a score of others ran into the midst of these, beating their breasts, tearing their hair, and screaming, Foulon alive! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The dolls' dressmaker found it delicious to trace the screaming and smarting of Little Eyes in the distorted writing of this epistle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And what said Tingling-Tossing-Aching-Screaming-Scratching-Smarter? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A screaming, gibbering maniac writhed in my grasp. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And if I hear you for half a minute longer, the dog shall have such a grip on your throat as'll tear some of that screaming voice out. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mrs. Gill was still screaming when I came to my senses. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I wish you could ha' heard how the women screamed, Sammy, ven they picked up the shepherd from underneath the table--Hollo! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She had screamed when he struck her, and that brought old Theresa down from the room above. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- How the women screamed! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He would at least have screamed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- There was the huge famished brute, its black muzzle buried in Rucastle's throat, while he writhed and screamed upon the ground. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I have a vision of a dark, frantic face, of a woman's voice, which screamed in French, 'My waiting is not in vain. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- One cheer more,' screamed the little fugleman in the balcony, and out shouted the mob again, as if lungs were cast-iron, with steel works. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But the more strenuously Mr. Pott entreated, the more vehemently the screams poured forth. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Then she screams wery loud, and falls into 'sterics; and he smokes wery comfortably till she comes to agin. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Crossing the hall, about half an hour afterwards, I was brought to a sudden standstill by an outbreak of screams from the small drawing-room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- At first this, and her terrific screams, were all that could be got from Rachael, by any tears, by any prayers, by any representations, by any means. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Another and another followed in quick succession until the jungle reverberated with the now almost ceaseless notes of their bloodthirsty screams. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I saw him do it; and the last that I heard was her moans and screams, when I was tied to his horse's neck, to be carried off to his place. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Here the spinster aunt burst into fit number two, of hysteric laughter interspersed with screams. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Editor: Melinda