scream bloody murder
To scream loudly in fear, pain, etc.
scream
/skɹiːm/
noun 5verb 3
Collocations
25(noun.)
ADJ
high-pitched, loud, piercing, shrill | muffled, stifled | blood-curdling, hysterical, terrible, terrified
VERB + SCREAM
give, let out | hear
SCREAM + VERB
echo, ring out
The child's screams rang out across the playground when she fell off the swing.
PREP
with a ~
The child woke up with a scream when she saw the spider on her pillow.
~ for
The child let out a desperate scream for her mother when she got lost in the store.
~ of
The children ran toward the playground, their screams of joy echoing across the neighborhood.
(verb.)
ADV
aloud | loudly
silently
She wanted to scream silently as she watched her phone fall into the water.
hysterically, shrilly, wildly | almost | out
VERB + SCREAM
want to
After waiting in traffic for an hour, she really wanted to scream.
begin to | hear sb
PREP
after
The children screamed after the ice cream truck as it drove down the street.
at
The little boy screamed at his sister when she took his toy.
for
The child screamed for her mother when she woke up from the nightmare.
in
The child woke up screaming in pain after falling off the bed.
with
The audience screamed with excitement when the concert started.
PHRASES
begin/start screaming, scream your head off
When the roller coaster began screaming down the track, everyone on the ride screamed their heads off.
stop screaming
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