I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deafening , ear-piercing , ear-splitting , high-pitched , loud , piercing , shrill
▪ muffled , stifled , strangled
▪ agonizing , hysterical , terrible
▪ agonized , terrified
VERB + SCREAM
▪ hear
▪ emit , give , let out
▪ muffle , stifle , suppress
SCREAM + VERB
▪ echo , ring out
▪
His ~s echoed through the empty house.
▪ come from
▪
The ~ came from upstairs.
PREPOSITION
▪ with a ~
▪
She reacted to the news with hysterical ~s.
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for help
▪ ~ of
▪
~s of laughter
▪
~s of terror
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ aloud
▪ loudly
▪ silently
▪
Despair shook him and he ~ed silently in the darkness.
▪ hysterically , shrilly , wildly
▪ almost , practically
▪ back
VERB + SCREAM
▪ want to
▪
I was so bored I wanted to ~.
▪ try to
▪ begin to
▪ hear sb
PREPOSITION
▪ after
▪
Marion ~ed after them, ‘Stop! Stop!’
▪ at
▪
She ~ed at me to get out of the way.
▪ for
▪
The trapped passengers ~ed for help.
▪ in
▪
People ran for the exits, ~ing out in terror.
▪ with
▪
People were staggering around, ~ing with pain.
PHRASES
▪ begin ~ing , start ~ing
▪ ~ your head off
▪
The baby was ~ing its head off.
▪ stop ~ing
Scream is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ baby , ↑ child , ↑ crowd , ↑ engine , ↑ headline , ↑ muscle , ↑ seagull , ↑ siren , ↑ voice
Scream is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ abuse , ↑ lyrics , ↑ obscenity , ↑ word