SCREAMING DEFINITIONS - 6 definitions found
screaming 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(a), 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 Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) screaming 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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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 II by Grady Ward, 1.0 64 Moby Thesaurus words for "screaming": 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 |
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