Scream

Noun

 * 1) A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the exclamation of a word, but is usually a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound, particularly /æ/ or /i/, in any case, the loudest and most emphatic sound a human can make tends to be a scream. The term is not generally applied to sounds made by non-humans.
 * 2)  An entertainingly outrageous person.
 * 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.
 * We had a real scream of a time at the beach.
 * We had a real scream of a time at the beach.

Verb

 * 1) To make the sound of a scream.
 * 2) To move quickly; to race.
 * ''He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:shout

Thesaurus
bark, battle cry, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, belly laugh, blare, blat, blate, bleat, blubber, blue story, boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, card, caterwaul, chant, cheer, chirp, complain, coo, creak, crow, cry, cry out, dirty joke, dirty story, dolorous tirade, double entendre, drawl, ethnic joke, exclaim, flute, fun, funny story, gag, gasp, give tongue, give voice, good one, good story, groan, growl, grumble, grunt, guffaw, hail, halloo, hiss, holler, hollo, hoot, howl, howler, hurrah, jape, jeremiad, jest, jestbook, joke, keen, lament, laugh, lilt, low, make an outcry, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moan, moo, mumble, murmur, mutter, neigh, nicker, outcry, panic, pant, pipe, plaint, planctus, play, point, protest, pule, rallying cry, rib tickler, riot, roar, rumble, screak, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, sibilate, sick joke, sidesplitter, sigh, sight gag, sing, skirl, skreigh, snap, snarl, snort, sob, sough, sport, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, story, thunder, tirade, troat, trumpet, twang, ululate, ululation, visual joke, wail, wail of woe, war cry, war whoop, warble, wheeze, whicker, whimper, whine, whinny, whisper, whistle, whoop, wow, wrawl, yammer, yap, yarn, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yo-ho, yowl

Etymology
shreamen (compare Old Norwegian skræma). related to shriek, skrike. cognate with West Frisian skrieme (to weep) German schreien (Schrei)

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Danish: skrig
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 * Polish:
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 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: vrisak
 * Sicilian:
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Verb

 * Arabic: صرخ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 嗷叫,  尖叫
 * Czech: ,
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 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 悲鳴を上げる, 喚く,  怒鳴り付ける,  キャーと叫ぶ


 * Korean: 소리지르다 (sorijireuda)
 * Kurdish:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese:
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 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgal, ràn,
 * Sicilian: buciari
 * Spanish:
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Anagrams

 * creams
 * macers