I could hear shrieks of hysterical laughter spilling from the other room.
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Shrieks
Synonyms for "shrieks" (182 found)
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make an outcrymoanmumblemurmurmutternearly die laughingoutburst of laughterpantpealpeal of laughterpiperallying cryrisibilityroarroar of laughterroar with laughterrumblescreakshake like jellyshake with laughter
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Meanwhile a mingled murmur through the street / rolls onward – wails of anguish, shrieks of fear –, / and though my father's mansion stood secrete, / embowered in foliage, nearer and more near / peals the dire clang of arms, and loud and clear, / borne on fierce echoes that in tumult blend, / war-shout and wail come thickening on the ear.
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Moaning and tumult in the house we hear, / wailings of misery, and shouts that smite / the golden stars, and women's shrieks of fear, / and trembing matrons, hurrying left and right, / cling to and kiss the doors, made frantic by affright.
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He was called upon, but refused at first to give it up, till the shrieks became so hideous that he was compelled to hasten with others to learn the cause.
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