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Plural of scream

regular plural

The plural of scream is screams.

Forms of scream

Singularscream /skɹiːm/
Pluralscreams
Countablecountable

Screams in a sentence

  • Do you know what screams "I’m obnoxious"? People who feel the need to comment on every little thing they notice.
  • Nothing screams fall like corduroy!2023 November 4, Kim Duong, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “22 Best Shackets to Get You Through the Chilly Fall Weather”, in Cosmopolitan
  • A rash like that screams for calamine lotion.From the entry scream for
  • Aural communication includes spoken words and paralexical sounds (groans, screams, whimpers); sound effects (wind, a car starting up and driving away); and music.From the entry paralexical
  • Ignoring Pamela’s continued screams of protests, she left the bathroom and walked into the bedroom.2015, Tony Ginyard, “Regroup”, in Misled, Indianapolis, Ind.: Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 187. From the entry bye, Felisha

Meaning of scream

  1. noun A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.
  2. noun A loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear.
  3. noun A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.

Full definition of scream

Questions about the plural of scream

What is the plural of scream?
The plural of scream is screams.
Is scream countable?
Scream is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scream (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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