Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

screamy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: screamy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Loud and high-pitched; sounding like a scream.

adj

Prone to screaming.

Example Sentences

"Health, a quartet from Los Angeles, is another story, playing manic, stop-start spasms of percussion and screamy noise, with three of its members throwing their bodies around as if in an untamed dance."

Etymology

Etymology tree English scream Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English screamy From scream + -y.

Inflected Forms

screamier (comparative) screamiest (superlative)

Questions

What does screamy mean?: Loud and high-pitched; sounding like a scream.
Where does screamy come from?: Etymology tree English scream Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English screamy From scream + -y.

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