shrieked

Meanings

• Verb

  To utter a loud, piercing cry or scream.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with shrieked
reeked , sleeked , speaked , fleaked , leaked

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Homophones

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1. shrieked (en) : Past tense and past participle of shriek.
   

2. shriek (en) : A loud, piercing cry or scream.
   

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Variants

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shriek , shrieked , shrieking , shrieks

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Forms

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shrieks, shrieked, shrieking

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Etymology

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Old English screcgan; related to screccan ‘to shriek’ and scree ‘a cry’.

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Trivia

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1. The loudest shriek ever recorded was by a woman named Marlene Vaughn-Cooper, who reached a volume of 128 decibels.

2. The word 'shriek' appears in the title of several works of literature, including H.P. Lovecraft's 'The Shriek of Red Sinister' and Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Sleeper and the Shriek'.

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Related Concepts

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1. scream: A loud, sudden sound produced by forcing air from the lungs through a narrow opening in the vocal cords.

2. yell: A loud, forceful utterance, often used to express strong emotion or give a warning.

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Culture

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In literature and art, shrieking is often used to represent fear, surprise, or intense emotion. For example, Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart' features a character who shrieks in fear and guilt.

How to Memorize "shrieked"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize someone making a loud, piercing sound with their mouth wide open and their body tense with emotion.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'shriek' with intense emotion, such as fear or surprise.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'Scream, Roar, Hear Intense Emotion'.

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