screaming
Americanadjective
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characterized by a shrill cry or piercing sound; uttering or emitting screams.
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boldly striking or startling.
screaming colors; screaming headlines.
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causing hilarious laughter; extremely funny.
a screaming farce.
noun
Other Word Forms
- screamingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of screaming
Example Sentences
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And their "Army", as their legions of fans call themselves, was ready - happy, singing, screaming, light-sticks in hand.
From BBC
Similar attacks triggered fires at Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, bringing energy product screaming to a halt at the largest natural gas hub in the globe.
From Los Angeles Times
I would watch their games with him because he would get so excited, just screaming and following what he did.
From BBC
One look at Mutti’s horrified face, and I knew this screaming for what it was, the shrieking of animals, of dying animals, and that it came from the direction of the zoo.
From Literature
The lessons ended with him “running out of the room screaming that I didn’t know what was wrong with my brain.”
From Los Angeles Times
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