Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Crying or sounding shrilly.
- Causing a scream: as, a screaming farce (one calculated to make the audience scream with laughter).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Uttering screams; shrieking.
- adjective Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
scream . - adjective
Loud ,sharp , andpiercing to theear . - adjective
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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
- adjective marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
- noun sharp piercing cry
- adjective so extremely intense as to evoke screams
- adjective resembling a scream in effect
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Examples
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If Lucy is screaming and Tessa is screaming*, I'm running to take care of Tessa.
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If Lucy is screaming and Tessa is screaming*, I'm running to take care of Tessa.
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The term screaming buy is rarely used, and we only use it when we feel that we have spotted an investment that is extremely undervalued with incredible upside potential.
ETFs News and Commentary from Seeking Alpha Sol Palha 2010
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Breathless and numb, I needed to find one space that didn’t have a tag screaming out, horrifying me.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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Breathless and numb, I needed to find one space that didn’t have a tag screaming out, horrifying me.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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Breathless and numb, I needed to find one space that didn’t have a tag screaming out, horrifying me.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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Breathless and numb, I needed to find one space that didn’t have a tag screaming out, horrifying me.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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And it just feels odd to have to ignore the people who are waving a finger in the air to signify that they are invisible, or to have to run away screaming from a guy who says something like: "In the name of Kossuth, fear me."
What is larp? nathreee 2010
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Frankly, all this silent screaming is exhausting, so I am respectfully asking the KOS community to use their knowledge, skills and contacts to assist me with what has evolved into a seriously frightening situation.
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A resident of Bucknell Drive said that at 1 a.m., two months ago, he heard his roommate's pet duck screaming from a cage in the backyard.
'Interest' in Md. suspect in duck's death Dan Morse 2010
bilby commented on the word screaming
"Folks say that if you listen real close at the height of the full moon, when the wind is blowin' off Nantucket Sound from the nor' east and the dogs are howlin' for no earthly reason, you can hear the awful screams of the crew of the 'Ellie May,' a sturdy whaler Captained by John McTavish; for it was on just such a night when the rum was flowin' and, Davey Jones be damned, big John brought his men on deck for the first of several screaming contests."
- David McKenzie.
October 3, 2009
reesetee commented on the word screaming
HAHA!
October 5, 2009