Shriek
verb
To scream in a high-pitched way, often because of fear or excitement.
The fans shrieked when they saw their favorite singer on stage.
Often appears as...
- shriek in fear
- shriek with laughter
verb
To say something in a loud, high-pitched voice.
The toddler shrieked, "More cookies!"
Often appears as...
- shriek in outrage
- shriek in disbelief
noun
A high-pitched scream, often due to fear or excitement.
She let out a shriek when the spider landed on her arm.
Often appears as...
- a shriek of terror
- a shriek of laughter
verb
To scream in a high-pitched way, often because of fear or excitement.
The fans shrieked when they saw their favorite singer on stage.
Often appears as...
- shriek in fear
- shriek with laughter
verb
To say something in a loud, high-pitched voice.
The toddler shrieked, "More cookies!"
Often appears as...
- shriek in outrage
- shriek in disbelief
noun
A high-pitched scream, often due to fear or excitement.
She let out a shriek when the spider landed on her arm.
Often appears as...
- a shriek of terror
- a shriek of laughter
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to express strong emotions, like terror or joy, indicating an uncontrollable reaction.
Upon seeing the haunted house, she couldn't help but shriek.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Setting
Most suitable for casual or less formal contexts; may seem melodramatic in formal situations.
The friends shrieked with excitement at the surprise party.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Reaction
Implies a spontaneous and surprised reaction, often to something sudden and unexpected.
He shrieked when a burst of cold water hit him.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to express strong emotions, like terror or joy, indicating an uncontrollable reaction.
Upon seeing the haunted house, she couldn't help but shriek.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Setting
Most suitable for casual or less formal contexts; may seem melodramatic in formal situations.
The friends shrieked with excitement at the surprise party.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Reaction
Implies a spontaneous and surprised reaction, often to something sudden and unexpected.
He shrieked when a burst of cold water hit him.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to express strong emotions, like terror or joy, indicating an uncontrollable reaction.
Upon seeing the haunted house, she couldn't help but shriek.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Setting
Most suitable for casual or less formal contexts; may seem melodramatic in formal situations.
The friends shrieked with excitement at the surprise party.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Reaction
Implies a spontaneous and surprised reaction, often to something sudden and unexpected.
He shrieked when a burst of cold water hit him.
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The myth of Oisín and...
Horrified, Oisín rode until he came upon a group of peasants working in the fields. They were struggling to remove a boulder from their land, and forgetting Niamh's warning, Oisín leapt from his horse and rolled it away with his superhuman strength. The crowd's cheers soon turned into shrieks. In place of the youth was an old man whose beard swept the ground
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Compelling Models for...
audiences and there were moments where where they would shriek at watching but you didn't you you didn't hesitate to keep the camera just locked on what was happening and sort of what was the decision behind that well there's a lot of debate about it obviously I mean we wanted to tell the truth not only about
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Why we need to imagine...
and then wait again, for hours or even days. And then abruptly, the phone would ring at two in the morning, and all of us would jump out of our beds and gather round the phone, shrieking into it, discussing general well-being at two in the morning. Today it can feel like things are happening too fast --
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Can VR help create...
actual experience the brain treats it as real we call this presence in my lab about a third of the people who I bring in and I bring in about a thousand people per year they refuse to step off that plank the ones that do they shriek they sweat and sometimes they fall into my arms
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Facing Fear in the Wild...
you learned about fear one of the things I write in wild is that you know that I that that I decided before my hike that I wasn't gonna be afraid because I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me I just couldn't do it I wouldn't go or I'd be out there and I'd run shrieking you
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The surprising decline...
and cruelty was a popular form of entertainment. Perhaps the most vivid example was the practice of cat burning, in which a cat was hoisted on a stage and lowered in a sling into a fire, and the spectators shrieked in laughter as the cat, howling in pain, was burned to death.
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Anil Seth: How your...
Who am I? Who is anyone, really? When I wake up in the morning and open my eyes, a world appears. These days, since I've hardly been anywhere, it's a very familiar there's the wardrobe beyond the end of the bed, the shuttered windows and the shrieking of seagulls,
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For the love of fangirls...
less capable of reason and unworthy of the same intellectual respect as their brothers. Separately, I become obsessed with female screams. Not in a creepy way. I'm talking about, like, those shrieks and squeals that fangirls let out at concerts.
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Bite of the Tasmanian...
and dense foliage allow a resting devil to lay low by day but by night the same landscape becomes a shrieking stalking ground Tasmanian Devils are the Kangaroos crankiest cousin like most
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Ingrid Betancourt: What...
gagged, and the rescue leader, "We're the Colombian army! You are free!" The shriek
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The myth of Oisín and...
Horrified, Oisín rode until he came upon a group of peasants working in the fields. They were struggling to remove a boulder from their land, and forgetting Niamh's warning, Oisín leapt from his horse and rolled it away with his superhuman strength. The crowd's cheers soon turned into shrieks. In place of the youth was an old man whose beard swept the ground
Video examples
Compelling Models for...
audiences and there were moments where where they would shriek at watching but you didn't you you didn't hesitate to keep the camera just locked on what was happening and sort of what was the decision behind that well there's a lot of debate about it obviously I mean we wanted to tell the truth not only about
Video examples
Why we need to imagine...
and then wait again, for hours or even days. And then abruptly, the phone would ring at two in the morning, and all of us would jump out of our beds and gather round the phone, shrieking into it, discussing general well-being at two in the morning. Today it can feel like things are happening too fast --
Video examples
Can VR help create...
actual experience the brain treats it as real we call this presence in my lab about a third of the people who I bring in and I bring in about a thousand people per year they refuse to step off that plank the ones that do they shriek they sweat and sometimes they fall into my arms
Video examples
Facing Fear in the Wild...
you learned about fear one of the things I write in wild is that you know that I that that I decided before my hike that I wasn't gonna be afraid because I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me I just couldn't do it I wouldn't go or I'd be out there and I'd run shrieking you
Video examples
The surprising decline...
and cruelty was a popular form of entertainment. Perhaps the most vivid example was the practice of cat burning, in which a cat was hoisted on a stage and lowered in a sling into a fire, and the spectators shrieked in laughter as the cat, howling in pain, was burned to death.
Video examples
Anil Seth: How your...
Who am I? Who is anyone, really? When I wake up in the morning and open my eyes, a world appears. These days, since I've hardly been anywhere, it's a very familiar there's the wardrobe beyond the end of the bed, the shuttered windows and the shrieking of seagulls,
Video examples
For the love of fangirls...
less capable of reason and unworthy of the same intellectual respect as their brothers. Separately, I become obsessed with female screams. Not in a creepy way. I'm talking about, like, those shrieks and squeals that fangirls let out at concerts.
Video examples
Bite of the Tasmanian...
and dense foliage allow a resting devil to lay low by day but by night the same landscape becomes a shrieking stalking ground Tasmanian Devils are the Kangaroos crankiest cousin like most
Video examples
Ingrid Betancourt: What...
gagged, and the rescue leader, "We're the Colombian army! You are free!" The shriek
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William Tecumseh Sherman
American Soldier
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
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Florenz Ziegfeld
American Producer
Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody.
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Leonard Bacon
American Clergyman
Technique! The very word is like a shriek of outraged Art. It is the idiot name given to effort by those who are too weak, too weary, or too dull to play the game. The mighty have no theory of technique.
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Richard Quest
English Journalist
Davos is probably the world's most elite society, but it dresses itself up as a non-elite event. Don't be fooled. You must wear a specially coloured badge, which shrieks your status to others.
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Ken Loach
English Director
You've only got to look at a film to see that it has to be collaborative - the images, the performances and all the art direction and the costume, everything shrieks collaboration.
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Adam Ondra
Czechoslovakian Athlete
I shriek when I am climbing at my absolute limit, but never shriek in the warm-up or when trying the moves. No matter how terrible it might sound, it helps me.
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Emma Thompson
English Actress
Children are the most wonderful audiences. What's struck me most is that that they watch it so silently, until the end when they shriek and shout and clap.
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Rainer Maria Rilke
German Poet
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.
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Rachel Sklar
Canadian Lawyer
Of course the shrieking desire for the scoop can get really strong, but so is the desire to safeguard connections and keep everyone happy.
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Richa Pallod
Indian Model
After playing giggly and bubbly, it is fun to shriek and yell.
Quote examples
William Tecumseh Sherman
American Soldier
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
Quote examples
Florenz Ziegfeld
American Producer
Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody.
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Leonard Bacon
American Clergyman
Technique! The very word is like a shriek of outraged Art. It is the idiot name given to effort by those who are too weak, too weary, or too dull to play the game. The mighty have no theory of technique.
Quote examples
Richard Quest
English Journalist
Davos is probably the world's most elite society, but it dresses itself up as a non-elite event. Don't be fooled. You must wear a specially coloured badge, which shrieks your status to others.
Quote examples
Ken Loach
English Director
You've only got to look at a film to see that it has to be collaborative - the images, the performances and all the art direction and the costume, everything shrieks collaboration.
Quote examples
Adam Ondra
Czechoslovakian Athlete
I shriek when I am climbing at my absolute limit, but never shriek in the warm-up or when trying the moves. No matter how terrible it might sound, it helps me.
Quote examples
Emma Thompson
English Actress
Children are the most wonderful audiences. What's struck me most is that that they watch it so silently, until the end when they shriek and shout and clap.
Quote examples
Rainer Maria Rilke
German Poet
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.
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Rachel Sklar
Canadian Lawyer
Of course the shrieking desire for the scoop can get really strong, but so is the desire to safeguard connections and keep everyone happy.
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Richa Pallod
Indian Model
After playing giggly and bubbly, it is fun to shriek and yell.
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