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Noun
S:
(n)
scream
,
screaming
,
shriek
,
shrieking
,
screech
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screeching
(sharp piercing cry)
"her screaming attracted the neighbors"
S:
(n)
screech
,
screeching
,
shriek
,
shrieking
,
scream
,
screaming
(a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry)
"he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes"
S:
(n)
belly laugh
,
sidesplitter
,
howler
,
thigh-slapper
,
scream
,
wow
,
riot
(a joke that seems extremely funny)
Verb
S:
(v)
shout
,
shout out
,
cry
,
call
,
yell
,
scream
,
holler
,
hollo
,
squall
(utter a sudden loud cry)
"she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
direct troponym
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full troponym
verb group
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
phrasal verb
sentence frame
S:
(v)
yell
,
scream
(utter or declare in a very loud voice)
"You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine"
S:
(v)
scream
(make a loud, piercing sound)
"Fighter planes are screaming through the skies"