List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 343

SYNONYMS: scream, shriek, screech.
These verbs mean to make or give voice to a loud, piercing sound.

Scream generally denotes a prolonged penetrating sound indicative of physical suffering or emotion, such as fear: He immediately began to scream with pain.
Shriek differs from scream principally in implying a shrill, often frantic cry: In the midst of the confusion and uproar Cicero could only shriek that he had saved his country.
Screech stresses a high-pitched, strident, often annoying sound: Leave me alone! He screeched.