Screaming

/ˈskɹiːmɪŋ/

Synonyms for "screaming" (92 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Noun(6 words)

scream screech shriek acute bellow blaring

absurd amusing bawling bizarre blatant blinding boanergean brassy brawling brazen brazenfaced clamorous clamoursome

Strong matches (27)

colorful crude crying droll eccentric extravagant flagrant flaring flashy flaunting funny garish gaudy glaring gorgeous hilarious humorous incongruous laughable loud

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loudmouthed ludicrous

Noun(4 words)

cry deafening extreme loud

Adjective(1 words)

hilarious

Related words (46)

lurid meretricious noisy obstreperous obtrusive openmouthed overbright priceless quaint quizzical raw rich ridiculous risible sensational shameless shouting shrieking spectacular splendiferous

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tawdry terrific vociferant vociferating vociferous vulgar whimsical witty yammering yapping yelling yelping

Noun(10 words)

noisy piercing screeching severe shrieking shrillsound of screamingthundering urgent yell

Adverb(1 words)

quickly

Adjective(2 words)

screeching shrieking

Adjective(1 words)

uproarious

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

16 entries

auditory eventauditory outputcall communication crydegree modifierintensifier loudness noise outcry shout soundsound levelvocalization vociferation yell

More specific

18 entries

acute urgencybellowblaring alarmbloodcurdling screamcrydeafening roarextreme severityhowlpanic yellpiercing screampiercing shriekscreaming childscreaming crowdscreaming sirenshriekshrill cry

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Collocations

13 entries

screaming alarmscreaming childscreaming fansscreaming headlinescreaming headlinesscreaming infantscreaming matchscreaming needscreaming painscreaming pricescreaming sirenscreaming tonescreaming voice

Inflections

5 entries

more screamingmost screamingscreamed screamings screams

Derivations

4 entries

scream screamer screamingly screamy

similar

4 entries

humorous humourous intense sensational

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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That child's constant screaming gives me gray hairs.

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The baby was kicking and screaming.

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Voiceless screaming was interestingly represented through music notation by Alfred Schnittke: "silence fortissimo".

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She managed to scare off her attacker by screaming loudly.

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