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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Recent Examples of scream
Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Madeline Dunn says that one of her 18-month-old twins, Kai, woke up at 11 pm screaming in agony.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 2 July 2025
Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
Well, according to Pixar's Monsters, Inc., the source is a megacorporation where children's screams are harvested and turned into energy.
—Meg Walters, EW.com, 19 June 2025
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Verb
And the tourists at the beach started screaming and running.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Madeline Dunn says that one of her 18-month-old twins, Kai, woke up at 11 pm screaming in agony.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 2 July 2025
Noun
Each forward attack was met by screams, urging their players.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
Well, according to Pixar's Monsters, Inc., the source is a megacorporation where children's screams are harvested and turned into energy.
—Meg Walters, EW.com, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scream
Verb
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Three days before the biggest fireworks holiday of the year, the building exploded, sparking a fire that raged across the flat valley floor amid the sounds of fireworks popping and shrieking.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Gypsy’s famous stage mother, played by shrieking Audra McDonald, is racialized in Broadway’s latest instance of gaslighting.—
Armond White,
National Review,
13 June 2025
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As the light filters through the windows, the students laugh and ask questions; there’s a creative flow in the room.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
29 June 2025
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People eating, people laughing, people talking on the mobile.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
Verb
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Waiting for a frustrated customer to complain about blackout dates is defense.—
Jeff Fromm,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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But this scraping has sparked a huge backlash from publishers, artists and writers, who complain that it has been done without any consent or compensation.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Just looking at photos of the different uniforms over the years is a hoot.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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Ralph threatens Alice in The Honeymooners, fist raised, and cue the pre-recorded hoots).—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
9 May 2025
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Following this, the masks came off, and the cause of all that squealing was revealed.—
Cal Roach,
jsonline.com,
5 July 2025
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Throughout a boisterous show with countless distorted jam sessions, White shuffled, squealed, stomped and screamed.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Verb
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In the pictures, the pair enjoy an intimate moment on a bench overlooking the water, embracing and giggling.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
7 July 2025
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Over the course of Youssef’s set, reminders of Mamdani’s victory and the memory that something unexpected — something possibly quite good — had happened in this city had the audience giggling and roaring in equal measure, like laughing gas was being pumped through the room.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
29 June 2025
Verb
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Through it all, though, Soto didn’t whine or complain or let the pressure of the contract and expectations and big city bring him down along with his batting average.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2025
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Of course, some will whine that endless war and support for atrocities erode America’s values.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2025
Noun
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But it’s also rooted in the trauma many in the LGBTQ community have experienced in dealing with law enforcement for years — going back to the 1969 Stonewall riot, which was sparked by a police raid at the now-famous Greenwich Village gay bar.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2025
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Our homage to the upstate New York prison famous for its riots.—
Bob Morris,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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“Scream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scream. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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