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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCRE'AMING, ppr. Uttering suddenly a sharp shrill cry; crying with a shrill voice.
SCRE'AMING, n. The act of crying out with a shriek of terror or agony.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: so extremely intense as to evoke screams; "in screaming agony"; "a screaming rage"
2: resembling a scream in effect; "screaming headlines"; "screaming colors and designs"
3: marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories" [syn: hilarious, screaming, uproarious] n
1: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors" [syn: scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching]
2: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes" [syn: screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1848 1. so striking or conspicuous as to attract notice as if by screaming <screaming headlines> <a screaming need for reform> <dressed in screaming red> 2. so funny as to provoke screams of laughter <a screaming farce> 3. extremely fast or powerful <a screaming line drive> • screamingly adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Screaming Scream"ing, a. 1. Uttering screams; shrieking. 2. Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp. The fearful matrons raise a screaming cry. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scream Scream, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Screamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Screaming.] [Icel. skr[ae]ma to scare, terrify; akin to Sw. skr["a]ma, Dan. skr[ae]mme. Cf. Screech.] To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech. I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. --Shak. And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before. --Pope.

Moby Thesaurus

absurd, amusing, bawling, bizarre, blatant, blinding, boanergean, brawling, brazen, brazenfaced, clamorous, clamoursome, colorful, crude, crying, droll, eccentric, extravagant, flagrant, flaring, flashy, flaunting, funny, garish, gaudy, glaring, gorgeous, hilarious, humorous, incongruous, laughable, loud, loudmouthed, ludicrous, lurid, meretricious, noisy, obstreperous, obtrusive, openmouthed, overbright, priceless, quaint, quizzical, raw, rich, ridiculous, risible, sensational, shameless, shouting, shrieking, spectacular, tawdry, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, vulgar, whimsical, witty, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping