Synonyms for shriek
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Definitions
- n. 1
A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
Forms
- Plural
- shrieks → screams, screeches, screamings, yells…
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To shout is to call or exclaim with the fullest volume of sustained voice; to scream is to utter a shriller cry; to shriek or to yell refers to that which is louder and wilder still.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- screaming While she was screaming, she brandished the knife.
- scream She heard him scream, so she ran into his bedroom.
- yell Don't yell in the street; we're putting on a show.
- screech Magpies screech and blackbirds whistle.
By length
- 3 letters
- cry1
- 4 letters
- call1, yell1
- 6 letters
- scream1
- 7 letters
- screech1
- 9 letters
- screaming2
- 10 letters
- screeching2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (screaming2 = 2 syllables).