scream

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  1. intransitive verb To utter a long loud piercing cry, as from pain or fear.
  2. intransitive verb To make a loud piercing sound: Jet planes screamed through the air.
  3. intransitive verb To speak or write in a heated hysterical manner.
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  • When a user screams into scream buddy, their scream is silenced. —  Neil Gershenfeld on Fab Labs
  • Her mouth contorted in a silent scream, her hands still trembled over the vibrating shaft of black metal. —  The Woods Out Back
  • With a loud scream, amidst the roars of involuntary laughter which attended his advent, Patrick gave a spring nearly to the ceiling, and dashing like fragile reeds the sturdy men who were holding him to the floor, amidst the cries of fire! —  The Swamp Doctor's Adventures
  • Genuine eye scream was a rare delicacy, and so was this yellow flavored imitation. —  The Source of Magic
  • Then her mouth opened and she began to scream, a scream so sudden and so shrill that the extractor tool slipped from the man's hand and he stepped back in alarm. —  Magazine - Future Orbits - [Vol 02] - Issue 03 - June-July 2002
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

shriek ·  cry ·  gasp ·  screech ·  noise ·  laugh ·  hiss ·  whisper ·  whistle ·  whine ·  rush ·  growl

Used in the same contextWord Family

scream:   screams ·  screamed ·  screaming
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English screamen, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse scræma.

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  1. from Middle English scremen, screamen, from Icelandic skræma = Swedish skrämma = Danish skræmme, scare, terrify; cf. Swedish skrän, a scream, skräna, whimper; prob. ult. akin to Swedish skrika, Danish skrige, shriek (see screak, shriek, shrike), Danish skrække, scare, English shrill, Scots skirl, cry aloud, German schreien, Dutch schreijen, Swedish skria, cry aloud, shriek, etc. (see skire).
  2. from scream, v.
 

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