nnoun.communicationsharp piercing crySynset:scream screaming screech screeching 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:scream screaming screech screeching 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
vverb.communicationutter a shrill crySynset:pipe pipe up shrill
Derivationally Related Form:shriekshriekingshrilling
Hypernyms:call cry holler hollo scream shout shout out squall yell
Inherited Hypernyms:shriekshoututter
Direct Hyponyms:caterwaulyowl
Full Troponyms:yowl
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | The birds --- in the woods (apply to: shriek, shrill) | The woods --- with many kinds of birds (apply to: shriek, shrill)