shriek
a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
a loud, high sound of laughter.
any loud, shrill sound, as of a whistle.
to utter a loud, sharp, shrill cry, as birds.
to cry out sharply in a high voice: to shriek with pain.
to utter loud, high-pitched sounds in laughing.
(of a musical instrument, a whistle, the wind, etc.) to give forth a loud, shrill sound.
to utter in a shriek: to shriek defiance.
Origin of shriek
1synonym study For shriek
Other words for shriek
Other words from shriek
- shrieker, noun
- shriek·ing·ly, adverb
- shrieky, adjective
- outshriek, verb (used with object)
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How to use shriek in a sentence
Presumably there will be a great deal of jumping up and down excitedly and shrieking delightedly.
Her shrieking voice is distinct from all other sounds that you have heard or will ever hear.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRemember when everyone was shrieking at each other like wild banshees with rabies on those early seasons of The Real World?
In Praise of ‘Dating Naked’ and the Glorious Rise of Butts on Reality TV | Kevin Fallon | July 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs luck would have it, we avoided those arctic storms with shrieking winds.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed | Terry Greene Sterling | April 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd so on and so forth, with the ominous subtext fairly shrieking over the pleasant and heartwarming text.
The fleshy woman climbed into the tonneau and held the still shrieking girl.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseThe shrieking trade-winds and the dense white fogs were hibernating somewhere out in the Pacific.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonShrieking inarticulate anathema, he rushed downstairs, the man in the green baize apron following at his heels.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeFrom further back, through an open doorway, a girl's voice was shrieking for the police over the phone.
The distant puffing of fire engines, the shrieking of river sirens, accentuate my loneliness.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
British Dictionary definitions for shriek
/ (ʃriːk) /
a shrill and piercing cry
to produce or utter (words, sounds, etc) in a shrill piercing tone
Origin of shriek
1Derived forms of shriek
- shrieker, noun
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