## Meanings
1. To make a loud, high cry, usually because of fear, pain, or excitement.
2. A loud, high cry made because of fear, pain, or excitement.
3. To make a loud, piercing sound.
4. To clearly show or suggest a particular quality.

## Examples
- She screamed when she saw the spider on the wall.
- We heard a scream coming from the next room.
- The fighter planes screamed through the sky.
- The way she dresses just screams confidence.

## Derived Forms
- screamo

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: scremen
- Root: skræma

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scremen, borrowed from or cognate to Middle Dutch scremen (“to yell; shout”) and Old Norse skræma (“to terrify; scare”); compare West Flemish schreemen, Zealandic schreême (“to shout; yell; cry”), Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”), Danish skræmme (“to scare”), West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”). Compare also Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”), Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”), German schreien (“to scream”). Related to shriek, skrike.

## AI Etymology
Scream is inherited from Middle English scremen, borrowed from or cognate to Middle Dutch scremen (“to yell; shout”) and Old Norse skræma (“to terrify; scare”); compare West Flemish schreemen, Zealandic schreême (“to shout; yell; cry”), Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”), Danish skræmme (“to scare”), West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”). Compare also Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”), Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”), German schreien (“to scream”). Related to shriek, skrike. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English scremen, Middle Dutch scremen, Old Norse skræma. In current use it includes senses such as To make a loud, high cry, usually because of fear, pain, or excitement and A loud, high cry made because of fear, pain, or excitement.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Describing Qualities

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