- scream
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ deafening, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, high-pitched, loud, piercing, shrill▪ muffled, stifled, strangled▪ agonizing, hysterical, terrible▪ agonized, terrifiedVERB + SCREAM▪ hear▪ emit, give, let out▪ muffle, stifle, suppressSCREAM + VERB▪ echo, ring out▪
His screams echoed through the empty house.
▪ come from▪The scream came from upstairs.
PREPOSITION▪ with a scream▪She reacted to the news with hysterical screams.
▪ scream for▪a scream for help
▪ scream of▪screams of laughter
▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}screams of terror
verbADVERB▪ aloud▪ loudly▪ silently▪Despair shook him and he screamed silently in the darkness.
▪ hysterically, shrilly, wildly▪ almost, practically▪ backVERB + SCREAM▪ want to▪I was so bored I wanted to scream.
▪ try to▪ begin to▪ hear sbPREPOSITION▪ after▪Marion screamed after them, ‘Stop! Stop!’
▪ at▪She screamed at me to get out of the way.
▪ for▪The trapped passengers screamed for help.
▪ in▪People ran for the exits, screaming out in terror.
▪ with▪People were staggering around, screaming with pain.
PHRASES▪ begin screaming, start screaming▪ scream your head off▪The baby was screaming its head off.
▪ stop screaming
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
