Scream
verb
To make a loud, sharp, piercing cry.
She screamed when she saw a spider.
Often appears as...
- scream loudly
- scream in terror
noun
A loud, piercing cry.
I heard a scream from the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- loud scream
- piercing scream
verb
To cry out in extreme emotion such as fear or excitement.
Fans screamed their delight as the band came onstage.
Often appears as...
- scream with joy
- scream in excitement
noun
Something very funny.
Your brother is such a scream, he always makes me laugh.
Often appears as...
- be a scream
- find something a scream
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To shout or complain loudly.
He screamed at me to stop.
Often appears as...
- scream at someone
- scream in anger
verb
To make a loud, sharp, piercing cry.
She screamed when she saw a spider.
Often appears as...
- scream loudly
- scream in terror
noun
A loud, piercing cry.
I heard a scream from the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- loud scream
- piercing scream
verb
To cry out in extreme emotion such as fear or excitement.
Fans screamed their delight as the band came onstage.
Often appears as...
- scream with joy
- scream in excitement
noun
Something very funny.
Your brother is such a scream, he always makes me laugh.
Often appears as...
- be a scream
- find something a scream
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To shout or complain loudly.
He screamed at me to stop.
Often appears as...
- scream at someone
- scream in anger
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Pro Tip 1/2Sound Intensity
Used for expressing a very high level of sound; louder than shouting.
The audience screamed as the fireworks exploded.
Pro Tip 2/2Sudden Fear
Often used when someone is suddenly scared or startled.
He screamed as the haunted house actor jumped out.
Pro Tip 1/2Sound Intensity
Used for expressing a very high level of sound; louder than shouting.
The audience screamed as the fireworks exploded.
Pro Tip 2/2Sudden Fear
Often used when someone is suddenly scared or startled.
He screamed as the haunted house actor jumped out.
Pro Tip 1/2Sound Intensity
Used for expressing a very high level of sound; louder than shouting.
The audience screamed as the fireworks exploded.
Pro Tip 2/2Sudden Fear
Often used when someone is suddenly scared or startled.
He screamed as the haunted house actor jumped out.
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His Epic Message Will...
at the same time those atoms we split created nuclear warfare in our quest to explore the galaxy rejects and neglects the home that we have here now so no that cannot be wisdom wisdom is different while intelligence speaks wisdom listens and we willingly covered our ears to mother nature screams and
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Why we laugh PIPE Sophie...
So it seems possible that the neurobiology for helpless, involuntary laughter, like my parents lying on the floor screaming about a silly song, might have a different basis to it than some of that more polite social laughter that you encounter, which isn't horrible laughter,
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The nightmare videos of...
like a desperate improvisation artist responding to the combined screams of a million toddlers at once. There are real people trapped within these systems, and that's the other deeply strange thing about this algorithmically driven culture, because even if you're human,
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Can You Survive...
helpless well the first thing you're gonna do in the realist situation is shout and scream and go mad but yeah the book says sit down lie down and if you sit down or lie down all you're doing is making your footprint bigger for your weight so it does work in
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The power of vulnerabilit...
because to feel this vulnerable means I'm alive." And the last, which I think is probably the most important, is to believe that we're enough. Because when we work from a place, I believe, that says, "I'm enough" then we stop screaming and start listening,
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How to speak monkey: The...
Cotton-top tamarins often squeal during play wrestling. Uh-oh. He's playing a little too roughly, and Shakira screams, alerting her parents to help her. Her dad makes his way towards the ball of rolling fur and her brother stops. Shakira shakes herself
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Screaming Mummy Mystery...
saw that the body had been deliberately preserved that indicates respect and status before long they came up with a dramatic theory to explain it ma sparrow became convinced that not only was the screaming man royal but that he had
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An inside look at...
yelling and screaming telling everyone to get out he grabbed me by the scruff of my neck he says what have you done you've shamed the family you have dishonored and defiled the home people pray here he said you're bringing these
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Barat Ali Batoor: My...
They were screaming. It was a terrible moment. It was like a scene from doomsday, or maybe like one of those scenes from those Hollywood movies that shows that everything is breaking apart and the world is just ending.
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Mating habits of the...
females to reject the amorous advances of their suitors it must be very irritating being followed around day and night sometimes they express their feelings quite locally Big Red's high-pitched screams attract
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His Epic Message Will...
at the same time those atoms we split created nuclear warfare in our quest to explore the galaxy rejects and neglects the home that we have here now so no that cannot be wisdom wisdom is different while intelligence speaks wisdom listens and we willingly covered our ears to mother nature screams and
Video examples
Why we laugh PIPE Sophie...
So it seems possible that the neurobiology for helpless, involuntary laughter, like my parents lying on the floor screaming about a silly song, might have a different basis to it than some of that more polite social laughter that you encounter, which isn't horrible laughter,
Video examples
The nightmare videos of...
like a desperate improvisation artist responding to the combined screams of a million toddlers at once. There are real people trapped within these systems, and that's the other deeply strange thing about this algorithmically driven culture, because even if you're human,
Video examples
Can You Survive...
helpless well the first thing you're gonna do in the realist situation is shout and scream and go mad but yeah the book says sit down lie down and if you sit down or lie down all you're doing is making your footprint bigger for your weight so it does work in
Video examples
The power of vulnerabilit...
because to feel this vulnerable means I'm alive." And the last, which I think is probably the most important, is to believe that we're enough. Because when we work from a place, I believe, that says, "I'm enough" then we stop screaming and start listening,
Video examples
How to speak monkey: The...
Cotton-top tamarins often squeal during play wrestling. Uh-oh. He's playing a little too roughly, and Shakira screams, alerting her parents to help her. Her dad makes his way towards the ball of rolling fur and her brother stops. Shakira shakes herself
Video examples
Screaming Mummy Mystery...
saw that the body had been deliberately preserved that indicates respect and status before long they came up with a dramatic theory to explain it ma sparrow became convinced that not only was the screaming man royal but that he had
Video examples
An inside look at...
yelling and screaming telling everyone to get out he grabbed me by the scruff of my neck he says what have you done you've shamed the family you have dishonored and defiled the home people pray here he said you're bringing these
Video examples
Barat Ali Batoor: My...
They were screaming. It was a terrible moment. It was like a scene from doomsday, or maybe like one of those scenes from those Hollywood movies that shows that everything is breaking apart and the world is just ending.
Video examples
Mating habits of the...
females to reject the amorous advances of their suitors it must be very irritating being followed around day and night sometimes they express their feelings quite locally Big Red's high-pitched screams attract
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Selena Gomez
American Actress
I'm very emotional. When I went through my first breakup, I thought it was the end of the world, and I thought I was going to die if I didn't have him in my life. It was good to cry it out and just scream, or call my friends in the middle of the night crying.
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Harry Styles
English Musician
You're never going to get used to walking into a room and have people screaming at you. There's a lot of things that come with the life you could get lost in. But you have to let it be what it is. I've learnt not to take everything too seriously.
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Gina Prince-Bythewood
American Director
On my set, people have to respect the actor's process. I totally respect what actors do. I give them whatever time they need, and I never scream out directions from the camera. I take the time to walk up to them and talk to them personally.
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George Harrison
British Musician
They gave their money, and they gave their screams. But the Beatles kind of gave their nervous systems. They used us as an excuse to go mad, the world did, and then blamed it on us.
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Jack Garratt
British Musician
I had a passion and a soul in me that was screaming to be heard, and I had to let them out in as honest and challenging a way as I could.
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John Pinette
My family is trying to drag me kicking and screaming into the normal world. Please, I live in hotel rooms.
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Kadeena Cox
British Athlete
My mum at my competitions is the most embarrassing person in the world. She just screams so loud.
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Gilbert Baker
American Artist
I was afraid my family would lock me up and give me electroshock. I was a screaming queen.
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Bob Hawke
Australian Statesman
The things which are most important don't always scream the loudest.
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Sofia Vergara
Colombian Model
In my own life, I have no problems letting out a good scream.
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Selena Gomez
American Actress
I'm very emotional. When I went through my first breakup, I thought it was the end of the world, and I thought I was going to die if I didn't have him in my life. It was good to cry it out and just scream, or call my friends in the middle of the night crying.
Quote examples
Harry Styles
English Musician
You're never going to get used to walking into a room and have people screaming at you. There's a lot of things that come with the life you could get lost in. But you have to let it be what it is. I've learnt not to take everything too seriously.
Quote examples
Gina Prince-Bythewood
American Director
On my set, people have to respect the actor's process. I totally respect what actors do. I give them whatever time they need, and I never scream out directions from the camera. I take the time to walk up to them and talk to them personally.
Quote examples
George Harrison
British Musician
They gave their money, and they gave their screams. But the Beatles kind of gave their nervous systems. They used us as an excuse to go mad, the world did, and then blamed it on us.
Quote examples
Jack Garratt
British Musician
I had a passion and a soul in me that was screaming to be heard, and I had to let them out in as honest and challenging a way as I could.
Quote examples
John Pinette
My family is trying to drag me kicking and screaming into the normal world. Please, I live in hotel rooms.
Quote examples
Kadeena Cox
British Athlete
My mum at my competitions is the most embarrassing person in the world. She just screams so loud.
Quote examples
Gilbert Baker
American Artist
I was afraid my family would lock me up and give me electroshock. I was a screaming queen.
Quote examples
Bob Hawke
Australian Statesman
The things which are most important don't always scream the loudest.
Quote examples
Sofia Vergara
Colombian Model
In my own life, I have no problems letting out a good scream.
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