shriek

Meaning of shriek

noun
  1. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
  2. An exclamation mark.
verb
  1. To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.
  2. To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

Information about shriek

  • The plural form of shriek is: shrieks.
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Hyphenation of shriek

shriek

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • shriek is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

shriek synonyms

Meaning scream:

scream, screaming, shrieking, screech, screeching

Meaning screech:

screech, screeching, shrieking, scream, screaming

Meaning shrill:

shrill, pipe

Translation of shriek

Anagrams of shriek

hikers, shreik, shrike

Words that rhyme with shriek

beshriek, outshriek

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