Screaming
//ˈskɹiːmɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang
adj, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A scream.
"The hissings and screamings of the vulgar against him as he moved forward on his stedfast course he heeded less than those of geese on a common."
- 2 sharp piercing cry wordnet
- 3 a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of scream form-of, gerund, participle, present
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:scream."
Adjective
- 1 Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.
- 2 Obvious; distinct.
- 3 First-rate; splendid. informal
"All undergraduate libraries have been a screaming success as study halls. The Undergraduate Library of the University of Michigan may be the smash hit of all time; the attendance in that library during 1968-69 was 1,899,000."
- 4 Hilariously funny; calculated to make people roar with laughter. informal
"a screaming farce"
- 5 Effeminate, flamboyant or otherwise obviously gay. slang
"Did you see that guy at the bar? Screaming!"
Adjective
- 1 marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter wordnet
- 2 so extremely intense as to evoke screams wordnet
- 3 resembling a scream in effect wordnet
Example
More examples"That child's constant screaming gives me gray hairs."
Related phrases
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