scream

  • 11Scream! — was a British weekly comic anthology with a horror theme, running from March 24 1984 until 30 June 1984, published by IPC Magazines.With a tagline of not for the nervous , Scream! was supposedly edited by the fictional Ghastly McNasty, similar to …

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  • 12Scream — (skr[=e]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screamed} (skr[=e]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Screaming}.] [Icel. skr[ae]ma to scare, terrify; akin to Sw. skr[ a]ma, Dan. skr[ae]mme. Cf. {Screech}.] To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or… …

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  • 13scream — [skrēm] vi. [ME screamen, akin to Fl schreemen, to scream, Ger schrei, a cry < IE * skerei < echoic base * (s)ker > SHRIEK, RAVEN1, RING1] 1. a) to utter a shrill, loud, piercing cry in fright, pain, etc …

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  • 14scream|y — «SKREE mee», adjective, scream|i|er, scream|i|est. Informal. 1. inclined to scream: »The crew…will have been selected with meticulous care to exclude screamy or jittery types (Time) …

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  • 15Scream — es una película de terror de 1996 dirigida por Wes Craven y escrita por Kevin Williamson. La película revitalizó el género de terror a mediados de los años 1990, relanzando las películas de terror adolescente. Tras el gran éxito de esta película …

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  • 16scream — scream·er; scream·ing·ly; scream; …

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  • 17scream — [n1] outcry cry, high pitched shout, holler*, howl, screech, shriek, wail, yell, yelp; concept 595 scream [n2] person or thing that is very funny card*, character*, comedian, comedienne, comic, entertainer, guffaw*, hoot*, howl*, joker, laugh,… …

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  • 18Scream — Scream, n. A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech. Screams of horror. Pope. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 19scream — (v.) late 12c., scræmen, of uncertain origin, similar to words in Scandinavian, Dutch, German, and Flemish (Cf. O.N. skræma to terrify, scare, Swed. scrana to scream, O.H.G. scrian, Ger. schreien to cry ). The noun is attested from mid 15c. And… …

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  • 20scream — vb shriek, screech, yell, *shout, squeal, holler, whoop Analogous words: pierce, penetrate (see ENTER): vent, utter, voice, *express, air scream n shriek, screech, yell, shout, squeal, holler, whoop (see under SHOUT vb) …

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