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Antonyms for screaming

Grammar : Verb
Spell : skree-ming
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskri mɪŋ

Definition of screaming

Origin :
  • late 12c., scræmen, of uncertain origin, similar to words in Scandinavian, Dutch, German, and Flemish (cf. Old Norse skræma "to terrify, scare," Swedish scrana "to scream," Dutch schreijen "cry aloud, shriek," Old High German scrian, German schreien "to cry"). Related: Screamed; screaming. Screaming meemies is World War I army slang, originally a soldiers' name for a type of German artillery shell that made a loud noise in flight (from French woman's name Mimi), extended to the battle fatigue caused by long exposure to enemy fire.
  • verb cry out
Example sentences :
  • Carlotta waited, her hand over her mouth to keep herself from screaming.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Wat's voice was shrill in the land, yelling, exhorting, screaming.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • It seemed as if nothing could exist in that blazing, screaming hell.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • Behind him the milling, screaming crowd was huddling, as if for protection.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • He was screaming and clutching at his throat, trying to loosen his collar.
  • Extract from : « The Second Voice » by Mann Rubin
  • All day long his wife was screaming at them and chasing them with her broom.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • The women were all screaming, wailing, weeping and fainting.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Don Quixote » by Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
  • The screaming Mrs. Beasley collapsed against its downward side.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The women were screaming by this time and all the house was in alarm.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • Elena, who was at the head of the stairs by this time, was screaming.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for screaming

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