shrieking
Wailing at top-volume
Shrieking is the act of making a shrill, piercing cry—the kind that cuts through other sounds.
It suggests alarm, terror, or uncontrolled emotion: shrieking in horror, children shrieking with laughter.
As an adjective, it describes things that produce or resemble such sounds: a shrieking wind, shrieking brakes.
Extremely, painfully loud
- deafeningOverwhelmingly loud
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- shrillHigh-pitched and harsh
- high-pitchedHigh in frequency
loud · cacophony · clamor · raucous · din · blaring · resonant · decibels
Wailing alert device
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- warningAlert about danger
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- evacuationRemoval from danger
panic · intruder · klaxon · whistle · horn · bell · detector · beacon
Prolonged mournful crying sound
- cawingHarsh avian cry
- squawkingLoud harsh crying
- screechingMaking harsh high sounds
- hootOwl's cry
screech owl · barn owl · macaws · parrots · monkeys · gibbons · hyenas · bats
Vocal expression of amusement
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
- elationIntense triumphant joy
- thrillSurge of intense excitement
exhilaration · jubilation · squealing · giddy · ecstatic · fans · roller coaster · surprise
wail
Prolonged mournful cry
yell · anguish · terror · horror · fright · panic · dread · agony · distress · hysteria
earsplitting
Extremely, painfully loud
high-pitched · loud · cacophony · clamor · raucous · din · blaring · resonant · decibels · audible
siren
Wailing alert device
evacuation · panic · intruder · klaxon · whistle · horn · bell · detector · beacon · signal
howling
Prolonged mournful crying sound
- cawingHarsh avian cry
- squawkingLoud harsh crying
- screechingMaking harsh high sounds
hoot · screech owl · barn owl · macaws · parrots · monkeys · gibbons · hyenas · bats · seagulls
laughter
Vocal expression of amusement
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
- elationIntense triumphant joy
thrill · exhilaration · jubilation · squealing · giddy · ecstatic · fans · roller coaster · surprise · celebration
- amusement park soundsscreams, laughter, music, bells, carnival barker
- loud soundsloud, yell, thunderous, screaming, deafening
- theatricstheatrics, dramatics, melodrama, histrionics, theatricality
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
- letting outrenting, subletting, leasing, emitting, screaming
- lamentslamentation, wailing, keen, keening, lament