screaming

loud and sustained; shrill and piercing

• “hordes of screaming fans”
• “a screaming jet plane”
• “a screaming fury of sound”
• “a screeching parrot”
• “screeching brakes”
• “a horde of shrieking fans”
• “shrieking winds”

so extremely intense as to evoke screams

• “in screaming agony”
• “a screaming rage”

resembling a scream in effect

• “screaming headlines”
• “screaming colors and designs”

marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter

• “hilarious broad comedy”
• “a screaming farce”
• “uproarious stories”

sharp piercing cry

• “her screaming attracted the neighbors”

a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

• “he ducked at the screechings of shells”
• “he heard the scream of the brakes”