1. Sharp piercing cry
   "her screaming attracted the neighbours";
   - scream, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching
    
2. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
   "The screaming of car brakes pierced the quiet night";
   - screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream

1. So extremely intense as to evoke screams
   "in screaming agony"; "a screaming rage"
    
2. Aggressively attention-grabbing
   "screaming headlines"; "screaming colours and designs"
    
3. Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
   "a screaming farce";
   - hilarious, uproarious

1. Utter a sudden loud cry
   "she screamed with pain when the doctor inserted the needle";
   - shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, holler [informal], hollo [non-standard], squall
    
2. Utter or declare in a very loud voice
   "You don't have to scream — I can hear you just fine";
   - yell
    
3. Make a loud, piercing sound
   "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies"
    
4. [informal] Move quickly and violently
   "The car screamed down the street";
   - tear [informal], shoot, shoot down, charge, buck, bomb [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: screamings

See also: humorous, humourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard], intense, sensational

Type of: barrel [informal], belt [informal], belt along [informal], bucket [informal], bucket along [informal], call, cry, emit, hasten, hie [archaic], hotfoot, hurry, let loose, let out, make noise, noise, outcry, pelt [informal], pelt along [informal], race, resound, rocket [informal], rush, rush along, shout, speed, step on it [informal], travel rapidly, utter, vociferation, whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], wing [informal], yell, zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal]

Encyclopedia: Screaming