screaming
noun
- voice type
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈskɹiːmɪŋ/
adj
- Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.
- Obvious; distinct.
- First-rate; splendid.
“All undergraduate libraries have been a screaming success as study halls. The Undergraduate Library of the University of Michigan may be the smash hit of all time; the attendance in that library during 1968-69 was 1,899,000.”
- Hilariously funny; calculated to make people roar with laughter.
“a screaming farce”
- Effeminate, flamboyant or otherwise obviously gay.
“Did you see that guy at the bar? Screaming!”
noun
- A scream.
“The hissings and screamings of the vulgar against him as he moved forward on his stedfast course he heeded less than those of geese on a common.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of scream
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:scream.”