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verb

ˈskrēm How to pronounce scream (audio)
Definition of screamnext
1
as in to shriek
to cry out loudly and emotionally we screamed when the roller coaster began its 30-foot plunge

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2
as in to laugh
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound you'll scream when you see the outfit that she's wearing

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3
as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely angry residents screamed that their neighborhood still hadn't been plowed a week after the snowstorm

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scream

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noun

as in hoot
someone or something that is very funny that new comedy is a scream

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Recent Examples of scream
Verb
The second photo shows the two exes playfully making screaming faces and doing claw gestures with their hands as Austin held them back from each other with his arms. — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026 The action in Apple is screaming that its decision, made intentionally or de facto, not to spend hundreds of billions on AI, is brilliant. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 July 2026
Noun
Alia’s bloody scream Alia Atreides, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, is Paul’s sister. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 22 July 2026 But the car took off, barreling away down the street as the smoke and the screams of the family mingled. — Literary Hub, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for scream
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scream
  1. shriek
  2. laugh
  3. complain
  4. hoot
  5. squeal
  6. giggle
  7. whine
  8. riot
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  • The other customers cowered in the corners, while crowds formed at the windows outside, shrieking and recording the scene on their phones.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
  • Kids are shrieking through their favorite splash pads, faces sticky with Bomb Pop juice and joy.
    — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026
Definition of shriek
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  • All around them, guests smiled and laughed as children screamed with excitement and giggled each time a butterfly fluttered close.
    — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • For a second, Fauci almost seemed to laugh, and there was a glimpse of the public-health official who had charmed much of the country during the pandemic, with his air of amiable competence.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of laugh
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  • There’s no flexibility on some SBA changes businesses have complained about.
    — John Schroyer, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Not that any those guys will complain about punching the timecard.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of complain
Noun
  • With a few hoots and hollers, and even a couple clucks, the group took off on their ascent to the Betty Bear Hut.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 30 July 2026
  • Sure, playing with his buddy Draymond Green sounded like a hoot.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
Definition of hoot
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  • Cannon said before pretending to jab his arm with a dosage while squealing from the pain and showing his vaccination card.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • Toddlers squealed and played, and an older woman cried softly.
    — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
Definition of squeal
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  • The giggle-ready idea of government officials co-signing fashion trends?
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
  • The audience giggled nervously as their seats rocked and rolled during the tense chase scene, and whenever the dinosaur went in for an attack, a squirt of water shot out from behind each audience member’s seat.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 19 July 2026
Definition of giggle
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  • Too many managers hear the complaints and dismiss them as whining, or find a reason not to act.
    — Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Post-Covid, Hollywood has whined about the falloff for MPA fare in Pan Asian territories, particularly the once-robust South Korea.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 28 July 2026
Definition of whine
Noun
  • Over the ensuing years, at least 45 people were killed in riots over the book, a Japanese translator was stabbed to death, an Italian translator was attacked and survived, and the book’s Norwegian publisher survived a shooting.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • The theft of a relic of the Prophet Muhammad from the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, in Kashmir, in 1963 sets off riots in distant Khulna, Dhaka, and Calcutta.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
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