scream

Definition for scream

noun as in outcry

Strongest matches

cry, howl, screech, shriek, wail, yelp

Strong matches

holler, yell

noun as in person or thing that is very funny

verb as in cry out

Strongest matches

blare, holler, howl, roar, screech, shout, shriek, squeal, wail, yell

Weak match

sing out

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When he brought this up at a meeting, his reward was to be hauled into a separate room by Joe Cassano, who screamed at him that he didn’t know what he was talking about.

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The song features a spoken word section from Welsh musician Cale, which includes a screamed chorus of "I think I'm 'gonna die in this house".

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A driving, two-handed dunk was the exclamation point, stunning the Charlotte crowd as he hung on the rim and screamed.

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Campus ideologues would scream bloody murder as the fiefdoms they have painstakingly constructed are dismantled, predictably appealing to the values they eradicated from campuses.

Water rises around her, suffocating her screams until she claws her way free, sliding across the floor.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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