screaming

[skree-ming]

adjective

1. characterized by a shrill cry or piercing sound; uttering or emitting screams.

2. boldly striking or startling.

   screaming colors; screaming headlines.

3. causing hilarious laughter; extremely funny.

   a screaming farce.

noun

1. the act or sound of a person or thing that screams.

Other Word Forms

• screamingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of screaming¹

1350–1400; Middle English (gerund); scream, -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

"I love it," he told them, adding: "I do a lot of yelling and screaming when I get in."

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When one performer delivered a few lines in a deafening shout, she said, “Remember ... if you are screaming, pull that mike away.”

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One of the first stops of the tour was Los Angeles, for a sold-out show at the historic Palace Theatre packed with screaming fans.

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Unlike most people today, who think a period is a rude way of screaming, AI believes in punctuation.

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Yet despite the crypto’s selloff, he hasn’t seen other areas of markets “screaming that we have liquidity issues.”

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