Shriek

Noun

 * 1) A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or  extreme terror, pain, or the like.
 * 2) * 1912:, , Chapter 5
 * Sabor, the lioness, was a wise hunter. To one less wise the wild alarm of her fierce cry as she sprang would have seemed a foolish thing, for could she not more surely have fallen upon her victims had she but quietly leaped without that loud shriek?

Verb

 * 1) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.
 * 2) To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

Adjectives for Shriek
vehement; myriad;  wailing;  hilarious; faint; passionate; inquiring; shrill; piercing; loud; unrestrained; great; long; ghastly; sensational; frantic; delirious; discordant; piteous; demoniacal.

Verbs for Shriek
drown out—; emit—; muffle—; restrain—; stifle—; utter—; —alarms; —chills; — curdles; —echoes; —harrows; —penetrates; —petrifies; —pierces; —rends; —resounds; —rings; —rouses; —smothers; —splits; — startles; —unnerves.

Adverbs for Shriek
agonizingly; heartrendingly; imperatively; stridently; shrewishly; vehemently; passionately; unrestrainedly; piteously; discordantly; demoniacally.

Thesaurus
Homeric laughter, bark, battle cry, bawl, bay, be in stitches, beep, bell, bellow, belly laugh, blare, blast, blat, blow, blow the horn, blubber, boff, boffola, boom, bray, break up, breathe, bugle, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, buzz, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, call, caterwaul, chant, cheer, chirp, chortle, chuckle, clarion, convulsion, coo, creak, crow, cry, cry out, drawl, exclaim, fanfare, fit of laughter, flourish of trumpets, flute, gales of laughter, gasp, giggle, go into convulsions, groan, growl, grunt, guffaw, ha-ha, hail, halloo, hearty laugh, hee-haw, hee-hee, hilarity, hiss, ho-ho, holler, hollo, honk, hoot, horselaugh, howl, hurrah, keen, laugh, laugh it up, laugh outright, laughing, laughter, lilt, make an outcry, moan, mumble, murmur, mutter, nearly die laughing, outburst of laughter, pant, peal, peal of laughter, pipe, rallying cry, risibility, roar, roar of laughter, roar with laughter, rumble, screak, scream, screech, shake like jelly, shake with laughter, shall, shout, shout of laughter, shrill, sibilate, sigh, sing, skirl, skreigh, snap, snarl, snicker, snigger, snort, sob, sough, sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, split, split with laughter, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, tee-hee, thunder, tirade, titter, toot, tootle, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, twang, tweedle, ululate, ululation, wail, war cry, war whoop, warble, whine, whisper, whistle, whoop, wind, wrawl, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yo-ho, yowl, yuck, yuk-yuk

Etymology
Cognate to Swedish skrika (skrik) and German schreien (Schrei). Both with the same meaning.

Noun

 * Arabic: (zaʕaqa)
 * Chinese (Simplified): 尖叫声
 * Chinese (Traditional): 尖叫聲
 * Finnish: kirkaisu, rääkäisy
 * French: hurlement
 * German: Kreischen
 * Hebrew: צווחה


 * Irish:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Persian: جیغ
 * Russian: пронзительный крик ,
 * Spanish: alarido ,

Verb

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Latin:


 * Persian: جیغ زدن
 * Russian: визжать
 * Spanish: chillar


 * German:


 * Persian: جیغ زدن

Anagrams

 * hikers
 * shrike