shrieking adj : loud and sustained; shrill and piercing; "hordes of screaming fans"; "a screaming jet plane"; "a screaming fury of sound"; "a screeching parrot"; "screeching brakes"; "a horde of shrieking fans"; "shrieking winds" [syn: screaming(a), screeching(a), shrieking(a)]

1 sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors" [syn: scream, screaming, shriek, screech, screeching]

2 a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes" [syn: screech, screeching, shriek, scream, screaming]

English

Verb

shrieking

1. present participle of shriek

acute, argute, blinding, creaky, crude, ear-piercing, flaring, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, howling, keen, keening, loud, lurid, overbright, penetrating, piercing, piping, raw, reedy, screaky, screaming, screeching, screechy, sharp, shrieky, shrill, squeaking, squeaky, thin, ululant, wailing, whining, whistling