"screaming" meaning in English

See screaming in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈskrɨːmɪŋ/ Audio: En-au-screaming.ogg [Australia] Forms: more screaming [comparative], most screaming [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} screaming (comparative more screaming, superlative most screaming)
  1. Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.
    Sense id: en-screaming-en-adj-mU1tqntY
  2. Obvious; distinct.
    Sense id: en-screaming-en-adj-sQCaUCEd
  3. First-rate; splendid.
    Sense id: en-screaming-en-adj-hYbaSdmb
  4. Hilariously funny; calculated to make people roar with laughter.
    Sense id: en-screaming-en-adj-fkUakra-
  5. (gay slang) Effeminate, flamboyant or otherwise obviously gay. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-screaming-en-adj-kG48X06E Topics: LGBT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: screeching, shrieking Derived forms: no screaming hell, screamingest, screamingly, screaming meemies, screaming sixties

Noun

IPA: /ˈskrɨːmɪŋ/ Audio: En-au-screaming.ogg [Australia] Forms: screamings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} screaming (plural screamings)
  1. A scream.
    Sense id: en-screaming-en-noun-PRzLwGY2

Verb

IPA: /ˈskrɨːmɪŋ/ Audio: En-au-screaming.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} screaming
  1. present participle and gerund of scream Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: scream
    Sense id: en-screaming-en-verb-kSzGajCm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 28 3 4 4 56 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 2 27 4 6 5 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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