What does screaming mean?
Screaming means present participle and gerund of scream.
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/ˈskɹiːmɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of scream.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:scream.
All undergraduate libraries have been a screaming success as study halls. The Undergraduate Library of the University of Michigan may be the smash hit of all time; the attendance in that library during 1968-69 was 1,899,000.
a screaming farce
Did you see that guy at the bar? Screaming!
The hissings and screamings of the vulgar against him as he moved forward on his stedfast course he heeded less than those of geese on a common.
Use screaming when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Screaming means present participle and gerund of scream.
Common synonyms include screeching, shrieking, shriek, scream.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:scream.
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