English Explanatory Dictionary

scream

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear.
  3. 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.
  4. Used as an intensifier.
  5. An exclamation mark.
verb
  1. 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.
  2. To move quickly; to race.
  3. To be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of.

Pronunciation

/skɹiːm/ en-us-scream.ogg

Word forms

scream screams screaming screamed screamt no-table-tags glossary screamest screamedst screameth

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.

Synonyms

call cry holler halloo roar roop scream shout yell speed zoom hightail move quickly skedaddle fly scramble get a move on hasten haul hurtle bustle haul ass haul one's ashes hie hump it hurry hustle make haste make tracks move it rattle one's hocks rush shift swap zip

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

Afrikaans: skreeu Arabic: صَرَخَ Arabic: صَرَّخ Arabic: زَعَّق Azerbaijani: bağırmaq Azerbaijani: qışqırmaq Basque: oihukatu Bengali: চিল্লানি Breton: choual Breton: krial Bulgarian: викам Bulgarian: извикам Bulgarian: крещя Bulgarian: изкрещя Catalan: xisclar Catalan: cridar Cherokee: ᎨᏡᎲᏍᎦ Chinese Mandarin: 叫喊 Chinese Mandarin: 嗷叫 Chinese Mandarin: 尖叫 Crimean Tatar: cekirmek Czech: vykřiknout Czech: křičet Czech: ječet Danish: skrige Dutch: schreeuwen Egyptian: s-b-H-bH-A2 Esperanto: krii Esperanto: kriĉi Estonian: hüüdma Estonian: karjuma Faroese: skríggja Finnish: huutaa Finnish: kirkua French: crier German: schreien Greek: φωνάζω Greek: ουρλιάζω Greek: κραυγάζω Greek: ωρύομαι Greek: ξεφωνίζω Greek: σκούζω Gujarati: ચીસ પાડવી Hebrew: צרח Hungarian: visít Hungarian: sikít Hungarian: ordít Icelandic: öskra Ido: klamar Interlingua: critar Irish: scread Italian: gridare Italian: sbraitare Italian: urlare Japanese: 悲鳴を上げる Japanese: 喚く Japanese: 怒鳴り付ける Japanese: キャーと叫ぶ Korean: 소리지르다 Central Kurdish: قیژاندن Latin: clāmō Latin: vōciferor Lithuanian: rėkti Malay: jerit Malayalam: അലറുക Maltese: werżaq Māori: kē Māori: pioro Māori: tioro Māori: koekoe Māori: koe Māori: ngoengoe Māori: ngoe Māori: tīwē Norwegian: skrike Norwegian: hyle
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