screaming
verbadjectivenountop 1 000 in film dialogue
- //ˈskɹiːmɪŋ//
Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.
verb
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Also a form of screampresent participle and gerund of scream
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adjective
- 1
Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.
- 2
Obvious; distinct.
- 3
informalFirst-rate; splendid.
All undergraduate libraries have been a screaming success as study halls. The Undergraduate Library of the University of Michigan may be the smash hit of all time; the attendance in that library during 1968-69 was 1,899,000.
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informalHilariously funny; calculated to make people roar with laughter.
a screaming farce
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slangEffeminate, flamboyant or otherwise obviously gay.
Did you see that guy at the bar? Screaming!
noun
- 1
A scream.
The hissings and screamings of the vulgar against him as he moved forward on his stedfast course he heeded less than those of geese on a common.
Forms
- plural
- screamings
- comparative
- more screaming
- superlative
- most screaming
screaming · Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.
screech · A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that…screeching · The act of producing a screech.screen · A physical barrier that shelters or hides. A physical divider…