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Princeton's WordNet

  1. scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screechingnoun

    sharp piercing cry

    "her screaming attracted the neighbors"

  2. screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screamingadjective

    a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

    "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes"

  3. screaming(a)adjective

    so extremely intense as to evoke screams

    "in screaming agony"; "a screaming rage"

  4. screaming(a)adjective

    resembling a scream in effect

    "screaming headlines"; "screaming colors and designs"

  5. hilarious, screaming(a), uproariousadjective

    marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter

    "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories"

Wiktionary

  1. screamingadjective

    Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.

  2. screamingadjective

    Obvious; distinct.

  3. screamingadjective

    Effeminate, flamboyant or otherwise obviously gay.

    Did you see that guy at the bar? Screaming!

Wikipedia

  1. Screaming

    A scream is a loud vocalization in which air is passed through the vocal cords with greater force than is used in regular or close-distance vocalisation. This can be performed by any creature possessing lungs, including humans. A scream is often an instinctive or reflex action, with a strong emotional aspect, like fear, pain, annoyance, surprise, joy, excitement, anger, etc.

ChatGPT

  1. screaming

    Screaming refers to making a loud, high-pitched, and intense vocalization primarily generated by a person's vocal cords. It is typically associated with expressing extreme emotions such as fear, pain, excitement, or anger. Screaming can also serve as a form of communication to get attention, express distress, or seek help.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Screaming

    of Scream

  2. Screamingadjective

    uttering screams; shrieking

  3. Screamingadjective

    having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp

Wikidata

  1. Screaming

    Screaming is a vocal technique that is most popular in subgenres of heavy metal, and is also used in some genres of punk and industrial. While intensity, pitch, and characteristics vary from vocalist to vocalist, screamed vocals generally accompany heavy music, and are associated with more aggressive musical themes or styles.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of screaming in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of screaming in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of screaming in a Sentence

  1. Nenegale Diallo:

    But Nash locked the door again and hit her with a chair during one point in the struggle, DNAInfo reported. Police told the website that Nenegale’s sister helped pull Nash off of her and she was able to grab her phone in the struggle, calling her husband, who took around 20 minutes to return home. I took my phone and see my husband's number first. I pressed the number. I made a loud noise, screaming,' Please, help me ! Help me ! Call the police !' then Nenegale Diallo slapped me again. The phone is falling, but I was making noise so my husband could hear the noise. Nash tried to flee the scene, Nenegale Diallo said, but then was attacked by Nenegale Diallo, police said. Nash later died at a hospital. Defense attorney Anthony Michaels said in court this was an attack on Diallo's family in Nenegale Diallo home. Nenegale Diallo had been arrested once before, but records on the case were sealed, police told DNAInfo. Nenegale Diallo's Nenegale Diallo. Nenegale Diallo's been in this country 27 years and never had a problem.

  2. James Bradley:

    James Hansen, one of the most distinguished scientists to warn of the dangers of climate change, once said that being in his line of work is like screaming at people from behind a soundproof glass wall. You’ve written that being an author of fiction who is concerned with environmental questions often feels frighteningly similar.

  3. New Zealand:

    It's the first time in five years that I haven't woken up in the morning and had deadlines ... no phones ringing, screaming 'When are we going to see this? When are we going to do that? And I'd forgotten what that's like. So I'll let that last for a little bit longer before I destroy it.

  4. Covington Police:

    Starts screaming and using profanity at the employee, aggressively walking toward her, punching her fist into her hand.

  5. Alamzeb Khan:

    There was no one to help the others. Everybody was saving his or her own life. Within no time, there were human bodies lying upon each other. Those underneath were screaming in pain and crying for help but there was no one to help.

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