screaming
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scream
(skrēm)v. screamed, scream·ing, screams
v.intr.
1. To utter a long loud piercing cry, as from pain or fear.
2. To make a loud piercing sound: Jet planes screamed through the air.
3. To speak or write in an excited or fearful manner.
4. To have or produce a startling effect: The outlandish costume screamed with clashing colors.
v.tr.
To utter or say in a screaming voice or in an excited or fearful manner: The fans screamed their displeasure.
n.
1. A long, loud, piercing cry or sound.
2. Informal One that is hilariously or ridiculously funny: The new play was a scream.
[Middle English screamen, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse scræma.]
scream′ing·ly adv.
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screaming
(ˈskriːmɪŋ)adj
uttering or emitting a sharp piercing cry
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Noun | 1. | screaming - sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors" |
2. | screaming - a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes" noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" | |
Adj. | 1. | screaming - so extremely intense as to evoke screams; "in screaming agony"; "a screaming rage" intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" |
2. | screaming - resembling a scream in effect; "screaming headlines"; "screaming colors and designs" sensational - causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion | |
3. | screaming - marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories" |
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Translations
screaming
adj (lit, fig) → schreiend; saw, tyres → kreischend; wind, engine, siren → heulend; (inf, = bold) clothes → grell, in schreienden Farben
n screaming match → gegenseitige Anbrüllerei (inf); to have a screaming match → sich gegenseitig anbrüllen (inf)
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