piercing scream



piercing scream

Fig. a very loud and shrill scream. Suddenly, there was a piercing scream from the next room. Bob heard Susan's piercing scream and ran to help her.
See also: scream

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Rajendra-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Nepali
Anita (1)ah-NEE-tah (Spanish), AH-nee-tah (Finnish)Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian, Slovene, English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish,
EmmetEM-itEnglish
Zinat-Arabic, Persian
Elipheleti-LIF-ə-let (English), ee-LIF-ə-let (English)Biblical
Tal'at-Arabic