Shrieking SHRIE'KING, ppr. Crying out with a shrill voice.

shrieking 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]

Shriek \Shriek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shrieked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrieking.] [OE. shriken, originallythe same word as E. screech. See Screech, and cf. Screak.] To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish. It was the owl that shrieked. --Shak. At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train Echoed her grief. --Dryden.

37 Moby Thesaurus words for "shrieking": acute, argute, blinding, creaky, crude, ear-piercing, flaring, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, howling, keen, keening, loud, lurid, overbright, penetrating, piercing, piping, raw, reedy, screaky, screaming, screeching, screechy, sharp, shrieky, shrill, squeaking, squeaky, thin, ululant, wailing, whining, whistling

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