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screaming en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈskɹiːmɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.
  2. Obvious; distinct.
  3. (informal) First-rate; splendid.
    • All undergraduate libraries have been a screaming success as study halls. The Undergraduate Library of the University of Michigan may be the smash hit of all time; the attendance in that library during 1968-69 was 1,899,000. 1971, Library Journal, volume 96, page 1569:
  4. (informal) Hilariously funny; calculated to make people roar with laughter.
    • a screaming farce
  5. (slang) Effeminate, flamboyant or otherwise obviously gay.
    • Did you see that guy at the bar? Screaming!

Forms

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more screaming Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most screaming Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

screaming meemies · screamingest · no screaming hell · screaming trots · screamingly · screaming sixties

Synonyms

shrieking · screeching

screaming en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈskɹiːmɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. A scream.
    • The hissings and screamings of the vulgar against him as he moved forward on his stedfast course he heeded less than those of geese on a common. 1875, John Lothrop Motley, The Life and Death of John of Barneveld Advocate of Holland:

Forms

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screamings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

screaming match

screaming en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈskɹiːmɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of scream
    form of scream
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:scream.