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schreien — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bawl verb To shout loudly, often in anger or to be heard over noise.
  • bray verb Of a donkey (or similar animal): to make its loud, harsh cry.
  • clamor noun A loud outcry or noisy demand, often from a crowd.
  • cry verb To shed tears, usually from sadness, pain, or strong emotion.
  • scream noun A loud, high-pitched cry expressing strong emotion such as fear, pain, or excitement.
  • shout verb To say something loudly, especially to express strong emotion or get attention.
  • shout-out noun A brief public expression of thanks, praise or greeting to a named person or group.
  • shouting noun The act of crying out loudly.
  • squawk noun A short, harsh cry, especially one made by a bird or a person in alarm.
  • yell verb To shout loudly, especially out of anger, excitement, or fear.

Senses

schreien is used for these senses in English:

  • bawl (transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
  • bray (intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
  • clamor (intransitive) To cry out or demand.
  • cry (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
  • cry (ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
  • cry out To shout in a loud voice, due to pain, or fear, or unhappiness.
  • scream (intransitive, also, figuratively) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.
  • shout (intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.

bawl — full definition

  1. verb To shout loudly, often in anger or to be heard over noise.
  2. verb To cry loudly and without restraint.

bray — full definition

  1. verb Of a donkey (or similar animal): to make its loud, harsh cry.
  2. verb To speak or laugh in a loud, harsh, grating way.
  3. noun The harsh cry of a donkey, or any similarly grating sound.

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