Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shriek

1 sense of shriek

Sense 1
shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe -- (utter a shrill cry)
       => shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall -- (utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me")

Similarity of adj shrieked

1 sense of shrieked

Sense 1
shrieked -- (uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror)
       Participle of verb shriek (Sense 1)
      => shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe -- (utter a shrill cry)
       => shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall -- (utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me")