screaming

Examples

• All

• The singer's latest album has a screaming intensity that captivates listeners.

• But when you take a look at all of that, I've had some screaming financial failures.

• They went through a night with me when I was in like this screaming amount of pain.

• But that was a screaming inferno of joy.

• It has to be tuneful though, not just extreme screaming throughout the whole song.

• The sunset was a screaming display of colors that left everyone in awe.

• After the incident, her emotions were in a screaming turmoil that was hard to contain.

Synonyms

R

raucous

vsscreaming

31 7.1

Making a loud, rough, and unpleasant sound that hurts your ears

is more extreme and overwhelming not just generally loud or harsh

B

blaring

vsscreaming

1 4.4

A very loud, unpleasant sound that hurts your ears

is more about overwhelming intensity than just loud harshness

R

rip-roaring

vsscreaming

• Informal

1 7.3

Very noisy and full of lively activity

is focused on intense overwhelming quality not lively excitement

S

screamy

vsscreaming

1 8.2

Very loud and high in sound like a scream

is more intensely overwhelming and likely to alarm listeners

S

shrieky

vsscreaming

1 7.2

Making a very high, loud, annoying sound that hurts your ears

is broader meaning intensely overwhelming rather than only high pitched

Antonyms

C

calm

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

S

subdued

11 5.5

Quiet and controlled in voice or actions, not noisy

Idioms

K

kicking and screaming

• Informal

15 7.0

Protesting loudly while you try to avoid being forced to do something

Compounds

S

screaming meemies

• Archaic

1 9.9

A sudden strong fear that makes you feel very upset

How Intense

screaming

18 4.4

overwhelming

423 4.4

intense

573 3.7

strong

∞ 1.0

noticeable

65 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology