Shriek

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“Shrieks, clamours, murmurs, fill⟳ the frighted town.”

“Sabor, the lioness, was a wise hunter. To one less wise the wild alarm of her fierce cry⟳ as she sprang would have⟳ seemed a foolish thing, for could she not more surely have⟳ fallen upon her victims had she but quietly leaped without that loud shriek?”

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