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Meaning of Shriek | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ʃɹiːk

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

العربية الصراخ زعق صرخ
Български крещя пищя
Dansk skrig skrige
Esperanto kriaĉi
فارسی جیغ جیغ زدن
Français crier hurlement
Gaeilge scréach scread
Gàidhlig sgal
עברית צווחה
Magyar ordít
日本語 ひめい 喚声 悲鳴
한국어 비명 절규
Latina quirito Strido
Te Reo Māori tioro
Nederlands krijsen
Português guinchar guincho
Română striga strigăt tipa țipăt urla urlet
Српски pisak rit štriga vrisak врисак писак
Svenska tjut
Українська вереск верещати виск
اردو چیخ
Tiếng Việt rít

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?”

CEFR level

C2
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