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screamo

/ˈskɹiːməʊ/

screamo noun: a genre of aggressive lo-fi guitar-driven music with predominantly screaming vocals, while preserving structural aspects of the emocore/hardcore emo genres of the early 1990's.

Noun

screamo (uncountable)

  1. A genre of aggressive lo-fi guitar-driven music with predominantly screaming vocals, while preserving structural aspects of the emocore/hardcore emo genres of the early 1990's.
  2. A genre of guitar-driven music combining late 1990's emo indie rock with interludes of screaming vocals, often accompanied by hardcore or metalcore guitar riffs.
    Synonyms:
    posthardcore
  3. Any punk rock-inspired music that involves screaming vocals, typically referring to the genres described above as well as certain subgenres of hardcore punk.
  4. (derogatory, often) Any aggressive music with screamed vocals.

Synonyms of screamo

Origin of screamo

Blend of scream + emo.

Questions about screamo

What does screamo mean?
Screamo means a genre of aggressive lo-fi guitar-driven music with predominantly screaming vocals, while preserving structural aspects of the emocore/hardcore emo genres of the early 1990's.
What part of speech is screamo?
Screamo is a noun.
How do you pronounce screamo?
Screamo is pronounced /ˈskɹiːməʊ/.

Words near screamo in the dictionary

  1. SCREAMING`lowbar`SNAKE`lowbar`CASE
  2. screamingest
  3. screamingly
  4. screamings
  5. screamlike
  6. screamo
  7. screams
  8. screams bloody murder
  9. screams blue murder
  10. screams for
  11. screams loudest

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