screaming

screaming
    adj 1: so extremely intense as to evoke screams; "in screaming
           agony"; "a screaming rage"
    2: resembling a scream in effect; "screaming headlines";
       "screaming colors and designs"
    3: marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive
       laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce";
       "uproarious stories" [syn: {hilarious}, {screaming(a)},
       {uproarious}]
    n 1: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
         [syn: {scream}, {screaming}, {shriek}, {shrieking},
         {screech}, {screeching}]
    2: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at
       the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the
       brakes" [syn: {screech}, {screeching}, {shriek}, {shrieking},
       {scream}, {screaming}]
    

Screaming \Scream"ing\, a.
   1. Uttering screams; shrieking.
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   2. Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill;
      sharp.
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            The fearful matrons raise a screaming cry. --Dryden.
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Scream \Scream\ (skr[=e]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screamed}
   (skr[=e]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Screaming}.] [Icel. skraema to
   scare, terrify; akin to Sw. skr[aum]ma, Dan. skraemme. Cf.
   {Screech}.]
   To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp
   outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to
   shriek; to screech.
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         I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. --Shak.
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         And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before.
                                                  --Pope.
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64 Moby Thesaurus words for "screaming":
      absurd, amusing, bawling, bizarre, blatant, blinding, boanergean,
      brawling, brazen, brazenfaced, clamorous, clamoursome, colorful,
      crude, crying, droll, eccentric, extravagant, flagrant, flaring,
      flashy, flaunting, funny, garish, gaudy, glaring, gorgeous,
      hilarious, humorous, incongruous, laughable, loud, loudmouthed,
      ludicrous, lurid, meretricious, noisy, obstreperous, obtrusive,
      openmouthed, overbright, priceless, quaint, quizzical, raw, rich,
      ridiculous, risible, sensational, shameless, shouting, shrieking,
      spectacular, tawdry, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, vulgar,
      whimsical, witty, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping