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screaming

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of screaming

1 arousing a strong and usually superficial interest or emotional reaction
  • screaming headlines about the latest showbiz scandal
Synonyms of screaming

lurid, sensational, sensationalist, sensationalistic
Words Related to screaming

catchy

colorful, juicy, racy, suggestive

dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric)

coarse, vulgar

gory, shocking
Near Antonyms of screaming

innocuous, inoffensive, tame

dignified, formal, proper, restrained
Antonyms of screaming

nonsensational
2 causing or intended to cause laughter
  • a screaming picture of everyone making silly faces
Synonyms of screaming

antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, humorous, hysterical (also hysteric), killing, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, sidesplitting, uproarious
Words Related to screaming

amusing, diverting, entertaining

clownish, knockabout, slapstick, slapsticky, zany

facetious, flip, flippant, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, snickery

jocular, playful, waggish

campy, jokey (also joky)

priceless, rich, whimsical, witty, wry

blithesome, gleeful, jocose, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, mad, merry, mirthful
Near Antonyms of screaming

earnest, grave, no-nonsense, sedate, serious, severe, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber (or sombre), staid, unsmiling, weighty

affecting, moving, poignant, touching, tragic (also tragical)

lachrymose, mournful, sad, sorrowful, tearful, woeful
Antonyms of screaming

humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny, unhumorous, unhysterical

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