shriek

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. sharp piercing cry (Freq. 4)
- her screaming attracted the neighbors
• Syn:
scream, screaming, shrieking, screech, screeching
• Derivationally related forms:
screechy (for: screech), screech (for: screech), shriek (for: shrieking), scream (for: screaming), scream (for: scream)
• Hypernyms:
cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
2. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry (Freq. 1)
- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
• Syn:
screech, screeching, shrieking, scream, screaming
• Derivationally related forms:
scream (for: screaming), scream (for: scream), screech (for: screeching), screechy (for: screech), screech (for: screech)
• Hypernyms:
noise

II - verb

utter a shrill cry (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
shrill, pipe up, pipe
• Derivationally related forms:
shrilling (for: shrill), shrieking
• Hypernyms:
shout, shout out, cry, call, yell,
scream, holler, hollo, squall
• Hyponyms:
yowl, caterwaul
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- The birds shriek in the woods
- The woods shriek with many kinds of birds

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  screech, screeching, shrieking, scream, screaming, shrill, pipe up, pipe