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scread — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bawl verb To shout loudly, often in anger or to be heard over noise.
  • cry verb To shed tears, usually from sadness, pain, or strong emotion.
  • exclaim verb To cry out suddenly, usually because of a strong feeling like surprise, pain, or delight.
  • scream noun A loud, high-pitched cry expressing strong emotion such as fear, pain, or excitement.
  • screech noun A harsh, high-pitched cry or sound.
  • shriek noun A sharp, high-pitched scream or cry.

Senses

scread is used for these senses in English:

  • burst out (intransitive) To speak emotionally or suddenly
  • cry A shout or scream.
  • cry (ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
  • cry out To shout in a loud voice, due to pain, or fear, or unhappiness.
  • exclaim (intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
  • scream A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.
  • 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.
  • screech (countable) A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.

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.

cry — full definition

  1. verb To shed tears, usually from sadness, pain, or strong emotion.
  2. verb To shout or call out loudly.
  3. noun An act of shedding tears.
  4. noun A loud shout or call.

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