A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the exclamation of a word, but is usually a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound, particularly /æ/ or /i/, in any case, the loudest and most emphatic sound a human can make tends to be a scream. The term is not generally applied to sounds made by non-humans
If you scream something, you shout it in a loud, high-pitched voice. `Brigid!' she screamed. `Get up!' They started screaming abuse at us
A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer
When someone screams, they make a very loud, high-pitched cry, for example because they are in pain or are very frightened. Women were screaming; some of the houses nearest the bridge were on fire He staggered around the playground, screaming in agony Scream is also a noun. Hilda let out a scream. screams of terror