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- [skree-ming]
- /ˈskri mɪŋ/
- /skriːm/
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- [skree-ming]
- /ˈskri mɪŋ/
Definitions of screaming word
- adjective screaming uttering screams. 1
- adjective screaming boldly striking or startling: screaming colors; screaming headlines. 1
- adjective screaming causing hilarious laughter; extremely funny: a screaming farce. 1
- noun screaming a loud, sharp, piercing cry: Her scream frightened off the burglar. 1
- noun screaming a shrill, piercing sound: the scream of the tires as the car rounded the curve. 1
- noun screaming Informal. someone or something that is hilariously funny: The movie was a scream. 1
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Origin of screaming
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English (gerund); see scream, -ing2, -ing1
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Parts of speech for Screaming
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
screaming popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
screaming usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for screaming
adj screaming
- alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- amusing — Someone or something that is amusing makes you laugh or smile.
- arrestive — tending to arrest
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
adjective screaming
- clattery — (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome.
- expeditive — (obsolete) Performing with speed.
- fleet — an arm of the sea; inlet.
- gelastic — Pertaining to laughter, used in laughing, or to be the subject of laughter.
- jokey — lacking in seriousness; frivolous: The editorial had an offensively jokey tone for such an important subject.
adverb screaming
- hysterically — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
Antonyms for screaming
adjective screaming
- whispering — the mode of utterance, or the voice, of a person who whispers: to speak in a whisper.
Top questions with screaming
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