NOUN | communication | shriek, scream, screaming, shrieking, screech, screeching | sharp piercing cry |
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event | shriek, screech, screeching, shrieking, scream, screaming | a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | |
VERB | communication | shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe | utter a shrill cry |
Sounds | shriy'k | |
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Rhymes | antique ... wreak: 54 rhymes with iyk... |
Meaning | sharp piercing cry. | |
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Synonyms | scream, screaming, shrieking, screech, screeching | |
Broader | cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation | A loud utterance |
Spanish | alarido, aullido, aullidos, chillido, grito agudo, grito | |
Catalan | esgarip, xiscle | |
Verbs | shriek | utter a shrill cry |
Meaning | A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry. | |
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Synonyms | screech, screeching, shrieking, scream, screaming | |
Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
Spanish | chirrido | |
Catalan | grinyol, xerric | |
Verbs | shriek | utter a shrill cry |
Meaning | Utter a shrill cry. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Model | The birds shriek in the woods; The woods shriek with many kinds of birds | |
Synonyms | shrill, pipe up, pipe | |
Narrower | yowl, caterwaul | Utter shrieks, as of cats |
Broader | shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall | Utter a sudden loud cry |
Spanish | chillar, gritar | |
Catalan | cridar, esgaripar, xisclar | |
Participle | shrieked | uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror |
Nouns | shriek, shrieking | sharp piercing cry |
shriek | a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry |
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