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screaming |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Screaming \Scream"ing\, a. 1. Uttering screams; shrieking. 2. Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp. The fearful matrons raise a screaming cry. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scream \Scream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screamed}; p. pr & vb n. {Screaming}.] [Icel. skr[ae]ma to scare, terrify; akin to Sw skr["a]ma, Dan. skr[ae]mme. Cf {Screech}.] To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech. I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. --Shak. And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: screaming adj 1: loud and sustained; shrill and piercing; "hordes of screaming fans"; "a screaming jet plane"; "a screaming fury of sound"; "a screeching parrot"; "screeching brakes"; "a horde of shrieking fans"; "shrieking winds" [syn: {screaming(a)}, {screeching(a)}, {shrieking(a)}] 2: so extremely intense as to evoke screams; "in screaming agony"; "a screaming rage" [syn: {screaming(a)}] 3: resembling a scream in effect; "screaming headlines"; "screaming colors and designs" [syn: {screaming(a)}] 4: marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories" [syn: {hilarious}, {screaming(a)}, {uproarious}] n 1: sharp piercing cry [syn: {scream}, {shriek}, {shrieking}, {screech}, {screeching}] 2: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes" [syn: {screech}, {screeching}, {shriek}, {shreiking}, {scream}]
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