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- DictionaryShriek/SHrēk/
verb
- 1. utter a high-pitched piercing sound or words, especially as an expression of terror, pain, or excitement: "the audience shrieked with laughter"
noun
- 1. a high-pitched piercing cry or sound; a scream: "shrieks of laughter"
a short, loud, high cry, especially one produced suddenly as an expression of a powerful emotion: shrieks of delight. He suddenly let out a piercing shriek. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Shouting & screaming. at the top of your lungsidiom. barracking. bawl. bellow. burst out. call (something) out. clamor. cry out. ejaculate. holler.
The word shriek sounds very much like what it means, and its Old Norse root skrækja, "to screech," may have originated for that very reason. Definitions of shriek. noun. sharp piercing cry. synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shrieking. see more. noun. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.
4 days ago · 1. verb. When someone shrieks, they make a short, very loud cry, for example because they are suddenly surprised, are in pain, or are laughing . She shrieked and leapt from the bed. [VERB] Miranda shrieked with laughter. [VERB + with] Synonyms: scream, cry, yell, howl More Synonyms of shriek. Shriek is also a noun .
1. A shrill, often frantic cry. 2. A sound suggestive of such a cry. v. shrieked, shriek·ing, shrieks. v.intr. 1. To utter a shriek. 2. To make a sound similar to a shriek. v.tr. To utter with a shriek. [Middle English skriken, shriken, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skrækja .] shriek′er n.
[intransitive] to give a loud high shout, for example when you are excited, frightened or in pain synonym scream. shriek (in something) She shrieked in fright. shriek with something The audience was shrieking with laughter. He all but shrieked when he saw her. shriek at somebody (figurative) The answer shrieked at her (= was very obvious).
Definitions of 'shriek' When someone shrieks, they make a short, very loud cry, for example, because they are suddenly surprised, are in pain, or are laughing. [...] Conjugations of 'shriek' present simple: I shriek, you shriek [...] past simple: I shrieked, you shrieked [...] past participle: shrieked. More. Synonyms of 'shriek'
SHRIEK definition: to make a sudden, loud, high noise because you are afraid, surprised, excited, etc: . Learn more.
