shriek

shriek is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.
2. transitive verb. To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.
3. noun. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
4. noun. sharp piercing cry

   "her screaming attracted the neighbors"

   Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shrieking

5. noun. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

   "he ducked at the screechings of shells"

   "he heard the scream of the brakes"

   Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shrieking

6. verb. utter a shrill cry

   Synonyms: pipe, shrill

Synonyms

scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shrieking, pipe, shrill

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shriek:

hikers, shrike

Common word forms

shrieks, shrieked, shrieker, shrieking

Words from these letters

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