shriek

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
2. (UK, slang) An exclamation mark.

Verb

1. (intransitive) 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. (transitive) To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

Conceptes

xiscle

😢

xisclar

😱

cridar

esgaripar

esgarip

xerric

xerricar

grinyol

Sinònims

scream

😱

screech

cry

😢

squeal

yell

howl

shout

cry out

roar

shrill

yelp

pipe

screeching

shrieking

bawl

screaming

squall

bellow

yowl

screak

squeak

squawk

thunder

🌩️

pipe up

wail

outcry

piercing cry

wawl

shout of laughter

utter a scream/shriek

cry of any animal

bark

loud cries

bawling

bay

bluster

boo

boom

💥

bray

call out

caterwaul

exclaim

exclamation

❗

grinding

guffaw

holler

make noise

mew

skirl

snarl

Traduccions

kreischen

chillar

crier

strillare

😱

hurler

chillido

Schrei

schreien

krijsen

😱

guinchar

زَعَقَ

urlo

😱

cri

😢

strillo

😱

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ʃɹiːk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: scrycke

Cognat amb suec: skrika

Cognat amb danès: skrige

Cognat amb islandès: skríkja

Cognat amb anglès: screech

In summary

From obsolete shrick (1567), shreke, variants of earlier screak, skricke (before 1500), from Middle English scrycke, from a North Germanic/Scandinavian language (compare Swedish skrika, Danish skrige, Icelandic skríkja), from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną, *skrik- (compare English screech). More at screech.