scream
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English scremen, borrowed from or cognate to Middle Dutch scremen (“to yell; shout”) and Old Norse skræma (“to terrify; scare”); compare West Flemish schreemen, Zealandic schreême (“to shout; yell; cry”), Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”), Danish skræmme (“to scare”), West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”). Compare also Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”), Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”), German schreien (“to scream”). Related to shriek, skrike.
Inflected forms:
form: screams
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: screams
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: screaming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: screamed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: screamed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: screamt
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
participle
past
form: screamt
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: scream
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: scream
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: screamed
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: scream
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: screamest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: screamed
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: screamedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: screams
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: screameth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: screamed
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: scream
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: screamed
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: scream
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: screamed
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: scream
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: screaming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: screamed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.
pos: noun
gloss: A loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear.
pos: noun
examples: I am tender-hearted by nature, and have found my eyes moist many a time over the scream of a wounded hare.
gloss: A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.
pos: noun
gloss: Used as an intensifier.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: We had a real scream of a time at the beach.
Amman, though not exactly your world cultural centre, is a scream of a city; all the roads have different names from their official ones, so that maps are useless
gloss: An exclamation mark.
pos: noun
gloss: To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.
pos: verb
tags: also
figuratively
intransitive
examples: I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.
When we crossed the river, I heard a terrible cry, and I blessed the child again, the others said it was only the loon, which screamed for bad weather." "Yes, that would have been sufficient, if there was nothing else but the loon," said Gubjor; "when it screams at a new-born babe, that child is bewitched."
Well, I waited and I waited / For some word from down below / And then ol' Harley started screaming / "Run, my God, now, Carter, go man go!"
Meanwhile, the authoritarianism, which has turned left-liberalism into a movement for sneaks and prudes, was always going to play into the hands of the right. Free citizens have stopped listening to those who respond to the challenge of argument by screaming for the police to arrest the politically incorrect or for universities to ban speakers who depart from leftish orthodoxy.
I'm having wicked dreams of leaving Tennessee
Hear Santa Monica, I swear it's calling me
Won't make my mama proud, it's gonna cause a scene
She sees her baby girl, I know she's gonna scream
One hit high on Farenholt snipped off the radar antenna rather neatly and sent splinters down into the torpedo launcher below, one of which blew out the air flask of a torpedo, which immediately launched itself straight out of the tube, and, rather unhelpfully, since the torpedo launcher was currently positioned pointing forward, wedged itself, motor screaming, in the forefunnel. Luckily, unlike Buchanan's weapon, this one was faulty; the motor ran out, but the automatic destruct function failed to work.
gloss: To move quickly; to race.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.
Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were vectored onto the oncoming hostiles, but once that initial task was accomplished, things began to collapse back into the cacophony and chaos that was all too familiar to those aboard the Enterprise, meaning that the end result was round about the same, the Japanese aircraft screaming into their attack runs on Hornet about the same time as most of the Wildcats managed to sort themselves out to begin their own attacks on the incoming.
gloss: To be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
informal
intransitive
examples: Do you know what screams "I’m obnoxious"? People who feel the need to comment on every little thing they notice.
Nothing screams fall like corduroy! I'm loving this deep seafoam green shacket—made of the thick, ribbed material—that'll give a fab pop of color to a muted ensemble.
Derived words: Howie scream
primal scream
screamo
scream queen
Wilhelm scream
kicking and screaming
scream bloody murder
scream blue murder
scream for
screaming abdabs
screaming hairy armadillo
screaming jelly babies
screaming meemie
screaming orgasm
screaming sixties
screaming snake case
scream loudest
scream one's head off
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: skreeu
lang: Arabic
word: صَرَخَ
roman: ṣaraḵa
lang: Arabic
word: صَرَّخ
roman: ṣarraḵ
lang: Arabic
word: زَعَّق
roman: zaʕʕag
lang: Azerbaijani
word: bağırmaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qışqırmaq
lang: Basque
word: oihukatu
lang: Bengali
word: চিল্লানি
roman: cillani
lang: Breton
word: choual
lang: Breton
word: krial
lang: Bulgarian
word: викам
roman: vikam
lang: Bulgarian
word: извикам
roman: izvikam
lang: Bulgarian
word: крещя
roman: kreštja
lang: Bulgarian
word: изкрещя
roman: izkreštja
lang: Catalan
word: xisclar
lang: Catalan
word: cridar
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎨᏡᎲᏍᎦ
roman: getluhvsga
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 叫喊
roman: jiàohǎn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 嗷叫
roman: áojiào
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 尖叫
roman: jiānjiào
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: cekirmek
lang: Czech
word: vykřiknout
lang: Czech
word: křičet
lang: Czech
word: ječet
lang: Danish
word: skrige
lang: Dutch
word: schreeuwen
lang: Egyptian
word: s-b-H-bH-A2
roman: sbḥ
lang: Esperanto
word: krii
lang: Esperanto
word: kriĉi
lang: Estonian
word: hüüdma
lang: Estonian
word: karjuma
lang: Faroese
word: skríggja
lang: Finnish
word: huutaa
lang: Finnish
word: kirkua
lang: French
word: crier
lang: German
word: schreien
lang: Greek
word: φωνάζω
roman: fonázo
lang: Greek
word: ουρλιάζω
roman: ourliázo
lang: Greek
word: κραυγάζω
roman: kravgázo
lang: Greek
word: ωρύομαι
roman: orýomai
lang: Greek
word: ξεφωνίζω
roman: xefonízo
lang: Greek
word: σκούζω
roman: skoúzo
lang: Gujarati
word: ચીસ પાડવી
roman: cīs pāḍvī
lang: Hebrew
word: צרח
roman: tsarách
lang: Hungarian
word: visít
lang: Hungarian
word: sikít
lang: Hungarian
word: ordít
lang: Icelandic
word: öskra
lang: Ido
word: klamar
lang: Interlingua
word: critar
lang: Irish
word: scread
lang: Italian
word: gridare
lang: Italian
word: sbraitare
lang: Italian
word: urlare
lang: Japanese
word: 悲鳴を上げる
roman: himei o ageru
lang: Japanese
word: 喚く
roman: wameku
lang: Japanese
word: 怒鳴り付ける
roman: donaritsukeru
lang: Japanese
word: キャーと叫ぶ
roman: kyā to sakebu
lang: Korean
word: 소리지르다
roman: sorijireuda
lang: Central Kurdish
word: قیژاندن
roman: qîjandin
lang: Latin
word: clāmō
lang: Latin
word: vōciferor
lang: Lithuanian
word: rėkti
lang: Malay
word: jerit
lang: Malayalam
word: അലറുക
roman: alaṟuka
lang: Maltese
word: werżaq
lang: Māori
word: kē
lang: Māori
word: pioro
lang: Māori
word: tioro
lang: Māori
word: koekoe
lang: Māori
word: koe
lang: Māori
word: ngoengoe
lang: Māori
word: ngoe
lang: Māori
word: tīwē
lang: Norwegian
word: skrike
lang: Norwegian
word: hyle
lang: Occitan
word: sisclar
lang: Occitan
word: cridar
lang: Northern Ohlone
word: 'iuqí
lang: Old English
word: hrīeman
lang: Oromo
word: iyyuu
lang: Papiamentu
word: grità
lang: Plautdietsch
word: schrieen
lang: Polish
word: krzyczeć
lang: Polish
word: krzyknąć
lang: Polish
word: wrzeszczeć
lang: Polish
word: wrzasnąć
lang: Portuguese
word: gritar
lang: Portuguese
word: berrar
lang: Romanian
word: țipa
lang: Romanian
word: striga
lang: Romanian
word: urla
lang: Russian
word: крича́ть
roman: kričátʹ
lang: Northern Sami
word: čeargut
lang: Northern Sami
word: biškut
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sgal
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ràn
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sgreuch
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кричати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: викати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kričati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vikati
lang: Sicilian
word: buciari
lang: Slovene
word: kričati
lang: Slovene
word: zakričati
lang: Spanish
word: gritar
lang: Spanish
word: alaridar
lang: Spanish
word: desgañitarse
lang: Spanish
word: desgañifarse
lang: Spanish
word: desgalillarse
lang: Spanish
word: huchear
lang: Spanish
word: baladrar
lang: Swahili
word: kulia
lang: Swedish
word: skrika
lang: Swedish
word: gasta
lang: Tagalog
word: umiyák
lang: Tamil
word: கத்து
roman: kattu
lang: Tibetan
word: སྐད་ཤོར
roman: skad shor
lang: Tibetan
word: ཀི་སྒྲ་རྒྱབ་པ
roman: ki sgra rgyab pa
lang: Turkish
word: bağırmak
lang: Turkish
word: haykırmak
lang: Turkish
word: çığlık atmak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: چاغرمق
roman: çağırmak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: سسلنمك
roman: seslenmek
lang: Turkmen
word: arlamak
lang: Ukrainian
word: кричати
roman: kryčaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: вереща́ти
roman: vereščáty
lang: Volapük
word: luvokädön