SHRIEKING
Dictionary entry overview: What does shrieking mean?
• SHRIEKING (noun)
The noun SHRIEKING has 2 senses:
1. sharp piercing cry
2. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
Familiarity information: SHRIEKING used as a noun is rare.
• SHRIEKING (adjective)
The adjective SHRIEKING has 1 sense:
1. loud and sustained; shrill and piercing
Familiarity information: SHRIEKING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SHRIEKING (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 ("shrieking" 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 ("shrieking" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
• SHRIEKING (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)
