Definition for Shriek:

• To utter a shrill cry; to scream.

Synonyms for Shriek:

• adj.

  •gurgling (adjective)
  • most cachinnation,
  • more snicker,
  • more gesture,
  • more crack up,
  • most crack up,
  • gleest,
  • GLEER,
  • most hilarity,
  • more crackup,
  • most merriment,
  • shoutest,
  • chucklest,
  • chortlest,
  • most guffaw,
  • most crackup,
  • mirthest,
  • more howling,
  • most rippling,
  • crowest,
  • most chuckling,
  • roarest,
  • most gesture,
  • most snicker,
  • more hilarity,
  • sniggest,
  • more rippling,
  • most amusement,
  • shriekest,
  • more guffaw,
  • most howling,
  • cacklest,
  • most crack-up,
  • more merriment,
  • more chuckling,
  • more giggling,
  • mirther,
  • more amusement,
  • most giggling,
  • more crack-up,
  • more cachinnation,
  • gigglest,
  • pealest.

• n.

  •
  • chant,
  • rage.
  •
  • Bronx Cheer,
  • catcall,
  • applause,
  • BRRR,
  • clap,
  • grunt,
  • buzz,
  • boo,
  • cluck.
  •
  • hoot,
  • show,
  • chatter.
  •
  • sounds.
  •amusement (noun)
  • laughter.
  •cry (noun)
  • moo,
  • caws,
  • whine,
  • Mewling,
  • meow,
  • Whinnies,
  • nicker,
  • meows,
  • nickers,
  • yoo-hoo,
  • moos,
  • caw,
  • ejaculation,
  • whinny.
  •guffaw (noun)
  • deep laugh,
  • loud laugh,
  • howlings.
  •high-pitched scream (noun)
  • squawk,
  • wail,
  • shrill.
  •howl (noun)
  • out crying,
  • out cried,
  • out-crying,
  • outcrying,
  • out-cried.
  •pipe (noun)
  • pipe.
  •pipe up (noun)
  • pipe up.
  •scream (noun)
  • high-pitched shout.
  •screeching (noun)
  • screeching.
  •shriek (noun)
  • shrieking.
  •ululation (noun)
  • ululation.
  •whoop (noun)
  • cry outs.

• n. & v.

  •squeal (noun, verb)
  • screamed bloody murder.

• v.

  •bellow (verb)
  • bellered,
  • bellering.
  •blare (verb)
  • re sounding,
  • re-sounded,
  • Re-sound,
  • re sounded,
  • re-sounding,
  • sounds out,
  • re sounds,
  • re sound,
  • re-sounds.
  •call (verb)
  • ex claims,
  • ex claiming,
  • pro claims,
  • pro-claims,
  • ex-claiming,
  • pro-claiming,
  • pro claimed,
  • ex-claim,
  • ex claimed,
  • pro-claim,
  • pro claiming,
  • pro claim,
  • ex-claimed,
  • ex claim,
  • ex-claims.
  •cry (verb)
  • cheer,
  • exclaim,
  • groan,
  • growl,
  • moan,
  • whoop,
  • clamor.
  •scream (verb)
  • rasp,
  • squeak,
  • creak.
  •shout (verb)
  • calling out.
  •squeal (verb)
  • screaming bloody murder,
  • screams bloody murder,
  • scream bloody murders.
  •vociferate (verb)
  • pro testing,
  • pro-tested,
  • pro tested,
  • pro-testing.
  •whistle (verb)
  • skirled.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cock-a-doodle-doo,
  • screak,
  • birdsong,
  • tu-whit tu-whoo.
  •
  • trill,
  • tweet,
  • quack.
  •
  • cuckoo,
  • twitter.
  •cry
  • Bleating,
  • Whinnied,
  • Cawed,
  • Quacking,
  • nickered,
  • Mooing,
  • gabble,
  • quacked,
  • Cawing,
  • Bleated,
  • meowing,
  • Whinnying,
  • nickering,
  • meowed,
  • Mooed,
  • holler out,
  • sing out.
  •scream
  • Screaked,
  • Screaking,
  • screaming,
  • screaks.

Antonyms for Shriek:

• v.

  • Other antonyms:
    hearken, list, hush, listen, whisper, mutter, hark, murmur.

Shriek Sentence Examples:

• I gave a shriek of despair, and scrambled out of the cave howling.

• Other nerves would shriek next morning.

Homophones for Shriek:

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