Hypertext Webster Gateway: "screaming"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
screaming
adj 1: loud and sustained; shrill and piercing; "hordes of
screaming fans"; "a screaming jet plane"; "a screaming
fury of sound"; "a screeching parrot"; "screeching
brakes"; "a horde of shrieking fans"; "shrieking
winds" [syn: {screaming(a)}, {screeching(a)}, {shrieking(a)}]
2: so extremely intense as to evoke screams; "in screaming
agony"; "a screaming rage" [syn: {screaming(a)}]
3: resembling a scream in effect; "screaming headlines";
"screaming colors and designs" [syn: {screaming(a)}]
4: 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}, {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}]
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