scream

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Synonyms: cream, stream, screak, scram

Antonyms: cream, stream, screak, scram

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Noun

A [[loud]], [[emphatic]], [[exclamation]] of [[extreme]] [[emotion]], especially [[horror]], [[fear]], [[excitement]], or [[anger]]; it may comprise a [[word]] or a sustained, [[high]]-[[pitch]]ed [[vowel]] [[sound]].
A [[loud]] [[vocalisation]] of many [[animal]]s, especially in [[response]] to [[pain]] or [[fear]].
{{lb|en|music}} A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.
{{lb|en|informal}} {{non-gloss|Used as an intensifier.}}
{{lb|en|printers' slang}} An [[exclamation mark]].

{{lb|en|intransitive|also|figuratively}} To [[cry#Verb|cry]] out with a [[shrill#Adjective|shrill]] [[voice#Noun|voice]]; to [[utter#Verb|utter]] a [[sudden]], [[sharp#Adjective|sharp]] [[outcry#Noun|outcry]], or shrill, [[loud]] cry, as in [[fright#Noun|fright]] or [[extreme]] [[pain#Noun|pain]]; to [[screech#Verb|screech]], to [[shriek#Verb|shriek]].
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