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Meanings of scream in English

Portuguese
grito
Catalan
grinyol
Spanish
aullido

Sharp piercing cry.

grito
Portuguese
urrar
Catalan
ulular
Spanish
llamar

Utter a sudden loud cry.

Related terms
urrar

A joke that seems extremely funny.

Usage of scream in English
1
A second scream came, piteous, all hope gone, choking sobs followed it.
Micah & Strange Candy
2
I want to hear him scream, he said, looking at me, deadpan.
The last four days of Paddy Buckley
3
Hours would I kneel in the dark, repeating in a whispered scream:
Paul Kelver
4
She wanted to rail and scream at the unfairness of the situation.
The spurned viscountess
5
For the second time that day, Jessy wanted to scream in frustration.
Nightwalker
6
But the morning fight was different-shewas awakened by a high scream.
Lonesome dove
7
A few minutes later he heard her scream about a block away.
The new yorker
8
Caroline woke from a dream with a scream a short time ago.
My Life, My Tapes
9
England knows better now; the scream of the guns has awakened her.
England and the War
10
And that's putting the artist under great pressure; he'll scream at me.
The bourne identity
11
The many people employed in the industry want to scream in frustration.
The South African
12
They scream for mercy; they throw away their guns; they are panic-stricken.
Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
13
Maybe she should just try to scream and hope she woke up.
Truths unveiled
14
They were going to scream long and hard about First Amendment rights.
Lightning
15
There was a long moment in which she thought she would scream.
Stinger
16
She had a split second choice of whether to scream or act.
Stinger
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Translations for scream
Scream through the time
Scream across language varieties
Canada
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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