nnoun.communicationsharp piercing crySynset:scream screech screeching shriek shrieking
Examples:- her screaming attracted the neighbors
Derivationally Related Form:screamscreechshriekscreechy
Hypernyms:call cry outcry shout vociferation yell
Inherited Hypernyms:screamcryutteranceauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.eventa high-pitched noise resembling a human crySynset:scream screech screeching shriek shrieking
Examples:- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
Derivationally Related Form:screamscreechshriekscreechy
Hypernyms:noise
Inherited Hypernyms:screechnoisesoundhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.communicationutter a sudden loud crySynset:call cry holler hollo scream shout shout out squall yell
Examples:- she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
- I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
Derivationally Related Form:hollercryholleringscreamingholloyellcallyellingscreamshoutscreamershouting
Hypernyms:emit let loose let out utter
Inherited Hypernyms:shoututter
Direct Hyponyms:halloohollohowlhurrahpipepipe uproarscreakscreechshriekshrillskreakskreighsquawkululatewailwhoopyaupyawl
Full Troponyms:halloohollohowlhurrahshrieksquallsquawkwhoopyowl
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: scream)
vverb.communicationutter or declare in a very loud voiceSynset:scream yell
Examples:- You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine
Derivationally Related Form:yellscreameryeller
Hypernyms:shout
Inherited Hypernyms:yellshouttalkcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: yell)
vverb.perceptionmake a loud, piercing soundExamples:- Fighter planes are screaming through the skies
Derivationally Related Form:screamscreaming
Hypernyms:make noise noise resound
Inherited Hypernyms:screammake noisesoundcause to be perceived
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | You can hear animals --- in the meadows (apply to: scream) | The meadows --- with animals (apply to: scream)
adj satadj.allso extremely intense as to evoke screamsExamples:- in screaming agony
- a screaming rage
Antonyms:mild
Inherited Hypernyms:screaming
Similar to:intense
adj satadj.allresembling a scream in effectExamples:- screaming headlines
- screaming colors and designs
Antonyms:unsensational
Inherited Hypernyms:screaming
Similar to:sensational
adj satadj.allmarked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughterSynset:hilarious uproarious
Examples:- hilarious broad comedy
- a screaming farce
- uproarious stories
Antonyms:humorless
Derivationally Related Form:hilarity
Inherited Hypernyms:hilarious
Similar to:humorous humourous