Screaming

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Screaming \Scream"ing\, a.
     1. Uttering screams; shrieking.
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     2. Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill;
        sharp.


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              The fearful matrons raise a screaming cry. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scream \Scream\ (skr[=e]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screamed}
     (skr[=e]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Screaming}.] [Icel. skraema to
     scare, terrify; akin to Sw. skr[aum]ma, Dan. skraemme. Cf.
     {Screech}.]
     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.
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           I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. --Shak.
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           And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before.
                                                    --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  screaming
       adj 1: loud and sustained; shrill and piercing; "hordes of
              screaming fans"; "a screaming jet plane"; "a screaming
              fury of sound"; "a screeching parrot"; "screeching
              brakes"; "a horde of shrieking fans"; "shrieking
              winds" [syn: {screaming(a)}, {screeching(a)}, {shrieking(a)}]
       2: so extremely intense as to evoke screams; "in screaming
          agony"; "a screaming rage" [syn: {screaming(a)}]
       3: resembling a scream in effect; "screaming headlines";
          "screaming colors and designs" [syn: {screaming(a)}]
       4: marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive
          laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce";
          "uproarious stories" [syn: {hilarious}, {screaming(a)}, {uproarious}]
       n 1: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
            [syn: {scream}, {shriek}, {shrieking}, {screech}, {screeching}]
       2: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at
          the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the
          brakes" [syn: {screech}, {screeching}, {shriek}, {shrieking},
           {scream}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "screaming":
     absurd, amusing, bawling, bizarre, blatant, blinding, boanergean,
     brawling, brazen, brazenfaced, clamorous, clamoursome, colorful,
     crude, crying, droll, eccentric, extravagant, flagrant, flaring,
     flashy, flaunting, funny, garish, gaudy, glaring, gorgeous,
     hilarious, humorous, incongruous, laughable, loud, loudmouthed,
     ludicrous, lurid, meretricious, noisy, obstreperous, obtrusive,
     openmouthed, overbright, priceless, quaint, quizzical, raw, rich,
     ridiculous, risible, sensational, shameless, shouting, shrieking,
     spectacular, tawdry, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, vulgar,
     whimsical, witty, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping