SCREAMING
Dictionary entry overview: What does screaming mean?
• SCREAMING (noun)
The noun SCREAMING has 2 senses:
1. sharp piercing cry
2. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
Familiarity information: SCREAMING used as a noun is rare.
• SCREAMING (adjective)
The adjective SCREAMING has 4 senses:
1. loud and sustained; shrill and piercing
2. so extremely intense as to evoke screams
3. resembling a scream in effect
4. marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
Familiarity information: SCREAMING used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SCREAMING (noun)
Meaning:
Sharp piercing cry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
scream; shrieking; shriek; screaming; screeching; screech
Context example:
her screaming attracted the neighbors
Hypernyms ("screaming" is a kind of...):
call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)
Meaning:
A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
screech; screeching; shrieking; shriek; screaming; scream
Context examples:
he ducked at the screechings of shells / he heard the scream of the brakes
Hypernyms ("screaming" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
• SCREAMING (adjective)
Meaning:
Loud and sustained; shrill and piercing
Synonyms:
screaming; screeching; shrieking
Context examples:
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
Similar:
noisy (full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds)
Meaning:
So extremely intense as to evoke screams
Context examples:
in screaming agony / a screaming rage
Similar:
intense (in an extreme degree)
Meaning:
Resembling a scream in effect
Context examples:
screaming headlines / screaming colors and designs
Similar:
sensational (causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion)
Meaning:
Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
Synonyms:
hilarious; uproarious; screaming
Context examples:
hilarious broad comedy / a screaming farce / uproarious stories
Similar:
humorous; humourous (full of or characterized by humor)
