When I lifted a potted plant in my garden, there were swarms of little insects crawling underneath, and I instinctively let out a shriek.
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Shriek
//ʃɹiːk//
Synonyms for "shriek" (182 found)
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Related words (91)
make an outcrymoanmumblemurmurmutternearly die laughingoutburst of laughterpantpealpeal of laughterpiperallying cryrisibilityroarroar of laughterroar with laughterrumblescreakshake like jellyshake with laughter
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Noun(5 words)
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2 entriesderived
3 entriesetymologically related_to
4 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
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Translations
95 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κωκύω verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
- ἰύζω verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Arabic
3 entries- زَعَقَ noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- صريخ noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- صَرَخَ verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Bulgarian
4 entries- крясък noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- писък noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- крещя verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
- пищя verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 尖叫聲 /尖叫声 noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
Czech
4 entries- jekot noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- ječení noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- vřískot noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- zaječení noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
Danish
2 entries- skrig noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- skrige verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Dutch
2 entries- krijsen noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- krijsen verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Esperanto
2 entries- ŝriko noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- kriaĉi verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Finnish
4 entries- kirkaisu noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- rääkäisy noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- kirkaista verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
- rääkäistä verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
French
2 entries- hurlement noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- crier verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
German
3 entries- Kreischen noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- kreischen verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
- kreischen verb (to utter sharply and shrilly)
Greek
4 entries- οξεία κραυγή noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- κραυγάζω οξέως verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
- σκούζω verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
- στριγκλίζω verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Hebrew
1 entries- צווחה noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
Hungarian
2 entries- ordít noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- rikácsol noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
Irish
3 entries- scread noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- scréach noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- scread verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Japanese
1 entries- 悲鳴 noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
Korean
1 entries- 비명 noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
Latin
2 entries- quirītō verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
- strīdō verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Marathi
3 entries- किंकाळी noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- किंकाळी फोडाणे verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
- किंकाळी मारणे verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Māori
4 entries- ngoe noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- ngoengoe noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- tioro noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- ngoe verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صراخ noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
Persian
3 entries- جیغ noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- جیغ زدن verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
- جیغ زدن verb (to utter sharply and shrilly)
Polish
3 entries- krzyk noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- krzyczeć verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
- krzyknąć verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Portuguese
2 entries- guincho noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- guinchar verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Romanian
4 entries- strigăt noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- urlet noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- țipăt noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- striga verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Russian
3 entries- визг noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- пронзительный крик noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- визжа́ть verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Sanskrit
1 entries- क्रोश noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- sgal noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- sgal verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Spanish
3 entries- alarido noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- chillido noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- chillar verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Tahitian
1 entries- taʻi noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ве́реск noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- виск noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- вереща́ти verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
- вища́ти verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Urdu
2 entries- چیخ noun (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream)
- چیخنا verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Vietnamese
1 entries- rít verb (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
"Murder!", screamed the poor woman in a loud shriek.
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The woman let out such a loud shriek that the house shook.
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Don't shriek in my ear like that!
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