as in screams
to cry out loudly and emotionally
the children shrieked with excitement
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrieks
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Nothing screams summer like nautical stripes.
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Like why does Bravo think making the captions all different sizes screams Gen Z?
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Soto’s Marie pouts and squeals with abandon.
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At bars across the United States, live watch parties were packed, squeals resounding.
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Rays pitching coach Kyle Snyder yells a lot of things from the dugout during a game, usually aimed at his own players.
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Sirianni yells to the man, who continues toward the building without a reaction.
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“Shrieks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrieks. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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