What does shrieking mean?
Shrieking means present participle and gerund of shriek.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of shriek.
Soon, 'midst the shriekings of the tossing wind, / The 'dark blue depths' he sang of, shall have bore / Our all of Byron to his native shore!
Then the old scourge of dusk swooped down upon the warderless hoard. It is he who burns up the sky at night in long trails of yellow flame, who flies above houses in a whirlwind of shrieking wings and gagging smoke.
Use shrieking when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shrieking means present participle and gerund of shriek.
Common synonyms include shriek, scream, screech, screeching.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Soon, 'midst the shriekings of the tossing wind, / The 'dark blue depths' he sang of, shall have bore / Our all of Byron to his native shore!
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