screaming

scream·ing

adj \ˈskrē-miŋ\

Definition of SCREAMING

1

: so striking or conspicuous as to attract notice as if by screaming <screaming headlines> <dressed in screaming red>

2

: so funny as to provoke screams of laughter <a screaming farce>

3

: extremely fast or powerful <a screaming line drive>

— scream·ing·ly adverb

Examples of SCREAMING

1. The room's walls were painted in a screaming yellow.
2. a screaming need for reform
3. The batter hit a screaming line drive right at the shortstop.

First Known Use of SCREAMING

1848

Related to SCREAMING

Synonyms: catchpenny, gee-whiz, lurid, sensational, sensationalist, sensationalistic

Antonyms: nonsensational

Related Words: catchy; colorful, juicy, racy, suggestive; dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric); coarse, vulgar; gory, shocking

Near Antonyms: innocuous, inoffensive, tame; dignified, formal, proper, restrained

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Rhymes with SCREAMING

scheming, seeming, streaming