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as in shrieks
to cry out loudly and emotionally
we screamed when the roller coaster began its 30-foot plunge
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as in laughs
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound
you'll scream when you see the outfit that she's wearing
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as in complains
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
angry residents screamed that their neighborhood still hadn't been plowed a week after the snowstorm
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as in hoots
someone or something that is very funny
that new comedy is a scream
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Recent Examples of screams
Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
Nothing screams summer like corn on the cob, simply buttered and salted.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
Glamaker Striped Crewneck Set This cozy-pant-and-striped-tee pairing screams fall casual.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
Brock Purdy - San Francisco 49ers Nothing screams that a drop in production is coming more than when a quarterback loses all of his weapons.
—Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
None of them really screams Cup winner.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Alex and Bradley get into it as Nicole Beharie’s Christina Hunter sprints through the streets of New York and Corey screams.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
Hutch screams at thugs during a four-on-one melee, and the irony is only flesh-wound deep.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
There is no dessert that screams old-fashioned summertime quite like peach cobbler.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Amid screams and the sound of bullets, she is killed.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Naltazan grabbed the woman and covered her mouth to stifle her screams, prosecutors said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Then there are screams, followed by silence.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The screams, the tears, the pain were the outward expressions as her physical body began to separate from her spirit and soul.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
There will be screams, but not the bad kind from Sabrina Carpenter.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Walt Disney World’s Halloween celebrations are in full swing, and at Universal Orlando, the screams in the night are just getting started.
—Julie Tremaine, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Deafening screams vindicated my decision to bugle again and all resumed as before, save that the chorus was even more intense.
—Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
For Bear, the new arrangement is great about 99 percent of the time… the only drawback is that Nikki occasionally snaps back into her old self and screams in utter terror for a few seconds, before resuming the love-bombing.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
Nothing screams summer like corn on the cob, simply buttered and salted.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
Glamaker Striped Crewneck Set This cozy-pant-and-striped-tee pairing screams fall casual.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
Brock Purdy - San Francisco 49ers Nothing screams that a drop in production is coming more than when a quarterback loses all of his weapons.
—Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
None of them really screams Cup winner.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Alex and Bradley get into it as Nicole Beharie’s Christina Hunter sprints through the streets of New York and Corey screams.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
Hutch screams at thugs during a four-on-one melee, and the irony is only flesh-wound deep.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
There is no dessert that screams old-fashioned summertime quite like peach cobbler.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
When the screams faded away, Monica Santana and Maria Lema, who had driven down from Waukegan to scream, peeled off.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Amid screams and the sound of bullets, she is killed.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Naltazan grabbed the woman and covered her mouth to stifle her screams, prosecutors said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Then there are screams, followed by silence.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The screams, the tears, the pain were the outward expressions as her physical body began to separate from her spirit and soul.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
There will be screams, but not the bad kind from Sabrina Carpenter.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Walt Disney World’s Halloween celebrations are in full swing, and at Universal Orlando, the screams in the night are just getting started.
—Julie Tremaine, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Deafening screams vindicated my decision to bugle again and all resumed as before, save that the chorus was even more intense.
—Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screams
Verb
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Everyone laughs about Laura’s over-protectiveness; her suffocating affection is a joke.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Wan laughs when recalling the day.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Roman complains about pain in his feet, and Dennis offers him a foot massage.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Next morning at breakfast Amby complains grandly of his soreness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The town hall crowd received my comments with strong clapping and appreciative hoots and hollers.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Trains are drowning out the coach’s voice, the wind squeals in my hearing aids.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The story focuses on the Direct Action Day and the Noakhali riots which took place in current-day portions of India and Bangladesh in 1946.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Food lines grew longer, Soviet cities were shaken by hunger riots, and wage payments began to fall behind.—
Celeste A. Wallander,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Joe goes back outside—again he’s seen from Ted’s perspective—and yells at him to turn the music down.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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In a noisy, uncertain world, your team does not want someone who yells the loudest or moves the fastest.—
Scott Hozebin,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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With each successive exchange, the replying chorus added another member, until the air was filled with a continuous melody of bugles, grunts, cow/calf calls, whistles and chuckles.—
Jim Tschetter,
Outdoor Life,
27 Aug. 2025
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Love still chuckles about the time Michael Jordan snapped his driver back in college—a mishap that pushed him into a new club that’d stay in his bag for over a decade, and left the two Tar Heels, both bound for Hall of Fame careers, with a killer yarn that still hits all these years later.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Screams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screams. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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