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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. sharp piercing cry;
- Example: "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
[syn: scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching]

2. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry;
- Example: "he ducked at the screechings of shells"
- Example: "he heard the scream of the brakes"
[syn: screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. so extremely intense as to evoke screams;
- Example: "in screaming agony"
- Example: "a screaming rage"

2. resembling a scream in effect;
- Example: "screaming headlines"
- Example: "screaming colors and designs"

3. marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter;
- Example: "hilarious broad comedy"
- Example: "a screaming farce"
- Example: "uproarious stories"
[syn: hilarious, screaming(a), uproarious]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Screaming \Scream"ing\, a.
   1. Uttering screams; shrieking.
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   2. Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill;
      sharp.
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            The fearful matrons raise a screaming cry. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scream \Scream\ (skr[=e]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Screamed
   (skr[=e]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Screaming.] [Icel. skraema to
   scare, terrify; akin to Sw. skr[aum]ma, Dan. skraemme. Cf.
   Screech.]
   To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp
   outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to
   shriek; to screech.
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         I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. --Shak.
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         And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before.
                                                  --Pope.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

screaming
    adj 1: so extremely intense as to evoke screams; "in screaming
           agony"; "a screaming rage"
    2: resembling a scream in effect; "screaming headlines";
       "screaming colors and designs"
    3: marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive
       laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce";
       "uproarious stories" [syn: hilarious, screaming(a),
       uproarious]
    n 1: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
         [syn: scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking,
         screech, screeching]
    2: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at
       the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the
       brakes" [syn: screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking,
       scream, screaming]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

64 Moby Thesaurus words for "screaming":
   absurd, amusing, bawling, bizarre, blatant, blinding, boanergean,
   brawling, brazen, brazenfaced, clamorous, clamoursome, colorful,
   crude, crying, droll, eccentric, extravagant, flagrant, flaring,
   flashy, flaunting, funny, garish, gaudy, glaring, gorgeous,
   hilarious, humorous, incongruous, laughable, loud, loudmouthed,
   ludicrous, lurid, meretricious, noisy, obstreperous, obtrusive,
   openmouthed, overbright, priceless, quaint, quizzical, raw, rich,
   ridiculous, risible, sensational, shameless, shouting, shrieking,
   spectacular, tawdry, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, vulgar,
   whimsical, witty, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping