- screaming, screeching, shrieking - 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"
Antonym: quiet (indirect, via noisy)
- screaming - so extremely intense as to evoke screams; "in screaming agony"; "a screaming rage"
Antonym: mild (indirect, via intense)
- screaming - resembling a scream in effect; "screaming headlines"; "screaming colors and designs"
Antonym: unsensational (indirect, via sensational)
- hilarious, screaming, uproarious - marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories"
Antonyms: humorless, humourless, unhumorous (indirect, via humorous)
- scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching - sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
--1 is a kind of cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
Derived form: verb scream1 - 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"
--2 is a kind of noise
Derived form: verb scream3
- 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"
--1 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun scream1, noun screamer3, noun screaming1
Sam and Sue scream
- yell, scream - utter or declare in a very loud voice; "You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine"
--2 is one way to shout
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun screamer2, noun screamer3
Somebody ----s
- scream - make a loud, piercing sound; "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies"
--3 is one way to make noise, resound, noise
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun scream2, noun screaming2
You can hear animals scream in the meadows
The meadows scream with animals