Scream

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Scream, v. i. [Icel. skræma to scare, terrify; akin to Sw. skräma, Dan. skræmme. 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.  [1913 Webster]
"I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry."  [1913 Webster]
"And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before."  [1913 Webster]

Scream, n. 

 A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.  Pope.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Scream, n. & v.
--n.
1 a loud high-pitched piercing cry expressing fear, pain, extreme fright, etc.
2 the act of emitting a scream.
3 colloq. an irresistibly funny occurrence or person.
--v.
1 intr. emit a scream.
2 tr. speak or sing (words etc.) in a screaming tone.
3 intr. make or move with a shrill sound like a scream.
4 intr. laugh uncontrollably.
5 intr. be blatantly obvious or conspicuous.
6 intr. colloq. turn informer.

Etymology

OE or MDu.

THESAURUS

Scream

bark, battle cry, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, belly laugh, blare, blat, blate, bleat, blubber, blue story, boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, card, caterwaul, chant, cheer, chirp, complain, coo, creak, crow, cry, cry out, dirty joke, dirty story, dolorous tirade, double entendre, drawl, ethnic joke, exclaim, flute, fun, funny story, gag, gasp, give tongue, give voice, good one, good story, groan, growl, grumble, grunt, guffaw, hail, halloo, hiss, holler, hollo, hoot, howl, howler, hurrah, jape, jeremiad, jest, jestbook, joke, keen, lament, laugh, lilt, low, make an outcry, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moan, moo, mumble, murmur, mutter, neigh, nicker, outcry, panic, pant, pipe, plaint, planctus, play, point, protest, pule, rallying cry, rib tickler, riot, roar, rumble, screak, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, sibilate, sick joke, sidesplitter, sigh, sight gag, sing, skirl, skreigh, snap, snarl, snort, sob, sough, sport, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, story, thunder, tirade, troat, trumpet, twang, ululate, ululation, visual joke, wail, wail of woe, war cry, war whoop, warble, wheeze, whicker, whimper, whine, whinny, whisper, whistle, whoop, wow, wrawl, yammer, yap, yarn, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yo-ho, yowl

ROGET THESAURUS

Scream

Lamentation

N lament, lamentation, wail, complaint, plaint, murmur, mutter, grumble, groan, moan, whine, whimper, sob, sigh, suspiration, heaving, deep sigh, cry, scream, howl, outcry, wail of woe, ululation, frown, scowl, tear, weeping, flood of tears, fit of crying, lacrimation, lachrymation, melting mood, weeping and gnashing of teeth, plaintiveness, languishment, condolence, mourning, weeds, willow, cypress, crape, deep mourning, sackcloth and ashes, lachrymatory, knell, deep death song, dirge, coronach, nenia, requiem, elegy, epicedium, threne, monody, threnody, jeremiad, jeremiade, ullalulla, mourner, grumbler, Noobe, Heraclitus, lamenting, in mourning, in sackcloth and ashes, sorrowing, sorrowful, mournful, tearful, lachrymose, plaintive, plaintful, querulous, querimonious, in the melting mood, threnetic, in tears, with tears in one's eyes, with moistened eyes, with watery eyes, bathed in tears, dissolved in tears, like Niobe all tears, elegiac, epicedial, de profundis, les larmes aux yeux, Int, heigh-ho!, alas!, alack!, O dear!, ah me!, woe is me!, lackadaisy!, well a day!, lack a day!, alack a day!, wellaway!, alas the day!, O tempora O mores!, what a pity!, miserabile dictu!, O lud lud!, too true!, tears standing in the eyes, tears starting from the eyes, eyes suffused, eyes swimming, eyes brimming, eyes overflowing with tears, if you have tears prepare to shed them now, interdum lacrymae pondera vocis habent, strangled his language in his tears, tears such as angels weep.

VB lament, mourn, deplore, grieve, weep over, bewail, bemoan, condole with, fret, wear mourning, go into mourning, put on mourning, wear the willow, wear sackcloth and ashes, infandum renovare dolorem, give sorrow words, sigh, give a sigh, heave, fetch a sigh, waft a sigh from Indus to the pole, sigh 'like a furnace', wail, cry, weep, sob, greet, blubber, pipe, snivel, bibber, whimper, pule, pipe one's eye, drop tears, shed tears, drop a tear, shed a tear, melt into tears, burst into tears, fondre en larmes, cry oneself blind, cry one's eyes out, yammer, scream, mew, groan, moan, whine, roar, roar like a bull, bellow like a bull, cry out lustily, rend the air, frown, scowl, make a wry face, gnash one's teeth, wring one's hands, tear one's hair, beat one's breast, roll on the ground, burst with grief, complain, murmur, mutter, grumble, growl, clamor, make a fuss about, croak, grunt, maunder, deprecate, cry out before one is hurt, complain without cause.

Stridor

VB creak, grate, jar, burr, pipe, twang, jangle, clank, clink, scream, yelp, buzz, set the teeth on edge, corcher les oreilles, pierce the ears, split the ears, split the head, offend the ear, grate upon the ear, jar upon the ear.

Cry

VB cry, roar, shout, bawl, brawl, halloo, halloa, hoop, whoop, yell, bellow, howl, scream, screech, screak, shriek, shrill, squeak, squeal, squall, whine, pule, pipe, yaup, cheer, hoot, grumble, moan, groan, snore, snort, grunt, vociferate, raise up the voice, lift up the voice, call out, sing out, cry out, exclaim, rend the air, thunder at the top of one's voice, shout at the top of one's voice, shout at the pitch of one's breath, thunder at the pitch of one's breath, s'_egosiller, strain the throat, strain the voice, strain the lungs, give a cry.