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Meaning of Shrieking | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

Definitions

gerund of shriek: an act of uttering a loud, sharp, or shrill cry or sound; also, a sound that shrieks.

form-of, gerund

Equivalents

العربية الصراخ
Bosanski vriska вриска
Deutsch Gekreische
Suomi älähtäminen hihkaisu kiljuminen kirkuminen kirkuna
Hrvatski vriska вриска
Српски vriska вриска

Examples

“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!”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

shrieking sixties shriekling Shrieks shrievalty shrieve Shrift

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