screaming bloody murder
Yelling extreme alarm
Screaming bloody murder is shouting at extreme volume, as if witnessing or experiencing something horrific.
The phrase describes both literal screaming—The kids were screaming bloody murder on the roller coaster—and figurative outrage or protest: Shareholders will scream bloody murder when they see these losses.
The British variant is "screaming blue murder."
- shriekShrill, piercing cry
- yellSpeak very loudly
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- furyIntense violent anger
- fit of rageSudden violent anger episode
outrage · ranting and raving · panic · howl · flipping out · going ballistic · despair · terror · hysteria · losing one's cool · wail · making a scene · emergency · throwing a tantrum · alarm · roar · screech · protest
screaming bloody murderwhispering
Breathy, near-silent speech
silence · murmuring · muttering · hushed tones · barely audible
screaming bloody murderkeeping calm
cool as a cucumber · keeping one's cool · unruffled · suffering in silence · calm and collected
screaming bloody murdergrinning and bearing it
Enduring discomfort with feigned cheerfulness
keeping mum · acquiescing · biting one's tongue · rolling over · saying nothing
scream, screams, screamed, screamer, screamers, bloods, blooded, bloody, bloodied