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Screaming

//ˈskɹiːmɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.
  2. 2
    Obvious; distinct.
  3. 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. 4
    Hilariously funny; calculated to make people roar with laughter. informal

    "a screaming farce"

  5. 5
    Effeminate, flamboyant or otherwise obviously gay. slang

    "Did you see that guy at the bar? Screaming!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter wordnet
  2. 2
    so extremely intense as to evoke screams wordnet
  3. 3
    resembling a scream in effect wordnet
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    sharp piercing cry wordnet
  3. 3
    a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of scream form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:scream."

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