screamed

verb

past tense of scream
1
as in shrieked
to cry out loudly and emotionally we screamed when the roller coaster began its 30-foot plunge

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2
as in laughed
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 complained
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 screamed One passenger, identified only as Christina, told Thessaloniki radio that passengers panicked and screamed and that one passenger was partially sucked out of the window. — Costas Kantouris, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 There was no pomp and circumstance by Haaland, though his teammates screamed and jumped on his back. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026 Mbappé, 27, screamed in joy at the crowd once stoppage time ended. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 4 July 2026 Police said that after the girl screamed, the video shows a man getting into his vehicle and driving away. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Thompson screamed at the MTA worker before grabbing her and slashing on the left side of her nose, just below her eye, according to prosecutors. — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026 Ghosn’s name screamed out by shareholder As Nissan executives attempted to reassure investors that the company's latest turnaround plan would restore profitability, frustration boiled over inside the meeting hall. — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 Relatives screamed, some collapsed to the floor, and others wept as police officers pushed through the crowd to restore order. — ABC News, 26 June 2026 The children screamed as they were slammed to the ground. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screamed
  1. shrieked
  2. laughed
  3. complained
  4. squealed
  5. giggled
  6. whined
  7. yelled
  8. chuckled
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  • Fans shrieked and hollered as every player in the realmwide war — Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), Prince Daemon (Matt Smith), the Sea Snake (Steve Toussaint) and his nemesis Lohar (Abigail Thorn) — popped up.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • As the noise-rap-electro act Jane Remover shrieked and pleaded through a 90-minute marathon set at the Fonda on Thursday night, one very young couple dressed right out of a conservative‘s nightmare — gender-ambiguous, purple hair, facial piercings — tapped me on the shoulder.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Definition of shrieked
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  • As Morant laughed with Donovan Clingan and slapped Shaedon Sharpe on the knees, Brooks, one of his former teammates in Memphis, stopped to catch up.
    — Jason Quick, New York Times, 12 July 2026
  • After following Thomson to the parking lot, Neil began rocking a van, as bystanders laughed and the hapless driver tried to extract his vehicle.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Definition of laughed
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  • Soon, some employees complained that creating large language models was much different from creating hardware, per Bloomberg, believing Musk didn’t understand AI.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 16 July 2026
  • The exploit, which multiple researchers say works, is sending Microsoft scrambling, yet again, to patch a zero-day released by an anonymous researcher who has complained about the software maker’s handling of their bug reports.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of complained
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  • Toddlers squealed and played, and an older woman cried softly.
    — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
  • Some people squealed when Anna Wintour came out without sunglasses.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026
Definition of squealed
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  • Entering the gym, Ohashi giggled that so many of the judges from a decade ago were still there.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Willis sang as their children—14-year-old Mabel Ray and 12-year-old Evelyn Penn—giggled in the background.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 18 June 2026
Definition of giggled
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  • After a few casts, Rubye’s rod bent, and the reel whined as line spooled out.
    — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
  • Traffic hummed and whined on I-85.
    — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 13 May 2026
Definition of whined
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  • Fans inside the stadium and at watch parties across the nation yelled at the screens.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Civalli, who was at the center of a scuffle in the fourth inning, yelled at Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras after striking him out, causing the benches to clear.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of yelled
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  • Roupp chuckled at the thought of making his big-league debut as a two-pitch guy.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • Reid chuckled, then offered the sweetest thought about the wedding.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
Definition of chuckled

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