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Meanings of
scream
in English
Portuguese
grito
Catalan
grinyol
Spanish
aullido
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Sharp piercing cry.
screaming
shriek
shrieking
screech
screeching
Portuguese
grito
Portuguese
urrar
Catalan
ulular
Spanish
llamar
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Utter a sudden loud cry.
call
cry
shout
yell
squall
holler
hollo
shout out
Related terms
call out
cry out
Portuguese
urrar
Synonyms
Examples for "
screaming
"
screaming
shriek
shrieking
screech
screeching
Examples for "
screaming
"
1
That the baby-carriage is not
screaming
,
but the child in the baby-carriage.
2
She was glad of the pain; it kept her from
screaming
aloud.
3
Don't ask me to detail it-you'd wake up
screaming
for weeks.
4
At every step she was
screaming
in the very agony of gladness:
5
From the top of the stair came the voice of Ann,
screaming
:
1
Even the discordant
shriek
of the steam-whistle has been superseded in Freeland.
2
The
shriek
of the wind and the crash of waves grew louder.
3
The
shriek
was still ringing in my ears, when the captain roared-
4
Now and then from the harbour came the
shriek
of a siren.
5
The gargoyle took a step forward and she gave a small
shriek
.
1
The anchor plunged into the water of the harbour; the
shrieking
ceased.
2
The anchor plunged into the water of the harbor; the
shrieking
ceased.
3
Gunfire down the block; sirens
shrieking
;
shouts of a city gone wild.
4
Against the
shrieking
approach of the Gowrow, Scorpius' voice was barely audible.
5
Only the constant
shrieking
and the cold, voracious energy confirmed its presence.
1
There was a metallic
screech
as he changed gear- agoodsign perhaps.
2
A similar
screech
told Eragon that the second Ra'zac was behind them.
3
She wanted to
screech
out of there but couldn't risk being heard.
4
Ingrith's
screech
of horror was probably heard all the way to Jorvik.
5
Another
screech
of static, then Victory said, Lady Liberty's waiting for you.
1
If she remarries, however, the payments will come to a
screeching
halt.
2
The pressure was
screeching
,
his unerring response a genuine sign of character.
3
She was barely able to breathe; the cats'
screeching
flooded her ears.
4
Three large parrots flew over, keeping to a straight line and
screeching
.
5
Ron watched Rawhead approaching, heard the lunatic
screeching
now: Here he is.
A joke that seems extremely funny.
riot
wow
howler
belly laugh
sidesplitter
thigh-slapper
Usage of
scream
in English
1
A second
scream
came, piteous, all hope gone, choking sobs followed it.
2
I want to hear him
scream
,
he said, looking at me, deadpan.
3
Hours would I kneel in the dark, repeating in a whispered
scream
:
4
She wanted to rail and
scream
at the unfairness of the situation.
5
For the second time that day, Jessy wanted to
scream
in frustration.
6
But the morning fight was different-shewas awakened by a high
scream
.
7
A few minutes later he heard her
scream
about a block away.
8
Caroline woke from a dream with a
scream
a short time ago.
9
England knows better now; the
scream
of the guns has awakened her.
10
And that's putting the artist under great pressure; he'll
scream
at me.
11
The many people employed in the industry want to
scream
in frustration.
12
They
scream
for mercy; they throw away their guns; they are panic-stricken.
13
Maybe she should just try to
scream
and hope she woke up.
14
They were going to
scream
long and hard about First Amendment rights.
15
There was a long moment in which she thought she would
scream
.
16
She had a split second choice of whether to
scream
or act.
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scream
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
scream at
little scream
shrill scream
loud scream
hear a scream
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Translations for
scream
Portuguese
grito
gritar
urrar
grunhir
vociferar
bradar
berrar
balar
mugir
Catalan
grinyol
xiscle
esgarip
xerric
ulular
udolar
ganyolar
vociferar
pregonar
clamar
baladrejar
cridar
Spanish
aullido
aullidos
llamar
gritar
Scream
through the time
Scream
across language varieties
Canada
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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