nnoun.communicationsharp piercing crySynset:screaming screech screeching shriek shrieking
Examples:- her screaming attracted the neighbors
Derivationally Related Form:screamscreechshriekscreechy
Hypernyms:call cry outcry shout vociferation yell
Inherited Hypernyms:screamcryutteranceauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.eventa high-pitched noise resembling a human crySynset:screaming screech screeching shriek shrieking
Examples:- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
Derivationally Related Form:screamscreechshriekscreechy
Hypernyms:noise
Inherited Hypernyms:screechnoisesoundhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationa joke that seems extremely funnySynset:belly laugh howler riot sidesplitter thigh-slapper wow
Derivationally Related Form:howl
Hypernyms:gag jape jest joke laugh
Inherited Hypernyms:belly laughjokewitmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
vverb.communicationutter a sudden loud crySynset:call cry holler hollo shout shout out squall yell
Examples:- she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
- I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
Derivationally Related Form:hollercryholleringscreamingholloyellcallyellingscreamshoutscreamershouting
Hypernyms:emit let loose let out utter
Inherited Hypernyms:shoututter
Direct Hyponyms:halloohollohowlhurrahpipepipe uproarscreakscreechshriekshrillskreakskreighsquawkululatewailwhoopyaupyawl
Full Troponyms:halloohollohowlhurrahshrieksquallsquawkwhoopyowl
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: scream)
vverb.communicationutter or declare in a very loud voiceSynset:yell
Examples:- You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine
Derivationally Related Form:yellscreameryeller
Hypernyms:shout
Inherited Hypernyms:yellshouttalkcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: yell)
vverb.perceptionmake a loud, piercing soundExamples:- Fighter planes are screaming through the skies
Derivationally Related Form:screamscreaming
Hypernyms:make noise noise resound
Inherited Hypernyms:screammake noisesoundcause to be perceived
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | You can hear animals --- in the meadows (apply to: scream) | The meadows --- with animals (apply to: scream)