shrieking
VerbSubstantivAdjektivhäufig in Dialogen
That emits shrieks or high-pitched noises.
Verb
- 1
Auch eine Form von shriekpresent participle and gerund of shriek
Herkunft
Etymology tree English shriek Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English shrieking From shriek + -ing.
Substantiv
- 1
Auch eine Form von shriekgerund of shriek: an act of uttering a loud, sharp, or shrill cry or sound; also, a sound that shrieks.
Soon, 'midst the shriekings of the tossing wind, / The 'dark blue depths' he sang of, shall have bore / Our all of Byron to his native shore!
Adjektiv
- 1
That emits shrieks or high-pitched noises.
Then the old scourge of dusk swooped down upon the warderless hoard. It is he who burns up the sky at night in long trails of yellow flame, who flies above houses in a whirlwind of shrieking wings and gagging smoke.
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sharp, loud, and shrill.
Formen
- Plural
- shriekings
- Komparativ
- more shrieking
- Superlativ
- most shrieking
shrieking · That emits shrieks or high-pitched noises.
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