shrieking
present participle ofshriek
shriek
verb[IorT]
uk/ʃriːk/us/ʃriːk/to make such acry:
We shriekedwithlaughterwhen werealizedhowstupidwe'd been.
Itriedtoapologize, but he just shriekedabuseat me.
[+ speech]"Don't youdaredo thateveragain!" she shrieked.
Shouting & screaming
- barracking
- bawl
- bellow
- burst
- burst out
- call (something) out
- clamour
- cry
- cry out
- ejaculate
- givesomeonea shoutidiom
- holler
- howl
- lung
- shout
- shouty
- squawk
- the hairdryer treatment
- thunder
- whoop
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shrieking
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Art, literature, music, film, dance, use of makeup by women: all wereshriekingsigns of immorality (1953, 1959).
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And when the crowd was broken,shrieking, fleeing, seeking only to escape, and powerless to harm, that limit had been reached.
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It is quite unnecessary that these abominableshriekingthings should exist.
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Every newspaper, every public speaker, isshriekingaloud for economy.
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We have heard nothing of theshriekingsisterhood.
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What was the point of depictingshriekingand agitated crowds seeking a place of exit where there was none?
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One picture is of a girl in an outside looshriekingwith horror because the rats are underneath her.
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It could not be enforced there because, once there is agitation against a thing, one cannot carry peopleshriekingto the recruiting station.
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Shriekingwomen and children sought safety in fields and houses; some forty ran to the police barracks.
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The suffering with tinnitus is great, because of the roaring andshriekingsounds that people have to endure.
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I want to emphasise that although much has been done to restrict ugly andshriekingadvertisements, much more could be done.
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These delightful boys, these whited sepulchres who always come hereshriekingat the top of their voices on behalf of the working-classes, say that a six-hours working day is sufficient.
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Everybody here isshriekingfor economy.
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When they are in danger, they make a high-pitched,shriekingwhine.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the pack were not out hunting, they could be found ranging around his grave howling andshrieking.
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- misguided
- misguided attempt
- misguidedly
- misguided policy
- mishandle
- mishandled
- mishandling
- mishap
- mishear
- mishit
- mishmash
- misidentification
- misidentify
- misinform
- misinformation
- misinformed
- misinforming
- misinterpret
- misinterpretation
- misinterpreted
- misinterpreting
- misjudge
- misjudged
- misjudging
- misjudgment