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Screamest vs Screamfest - What's the difference?

screamest | screamfest |

As a verb screamest

is (archaic) (scream).

As a noun screamfest is

(informal) an event, recording, etc involving a lot of screaming.

screamest

English

Verb

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  • (archaic) (scream)

    • scream

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the exclamation of a word, but is usually a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound, particularly /æ/ or /i/.
  • (music) 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.
  • (informal) (Used as an intensifier)
    • We had a real scream of a time at the beach.
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    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.
  • To move quickly; to race.
    • ''He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.

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    screamfest

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) An event, recording, etc. involving a lot of screaming.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 29, author=, title=Symptom of Neglect in New Orleans (4 Letters), work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=If you are a parent in New York, you dread the screamfest known as the lead test. }}
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 5, author=The New York Times, title=Pop and Rock Listings, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Since he formed Nine Inch Nails nearly 20 years ago, Mr. Reznor’s brooding, sinister songs (which range from thick industrial screamfests to hazy electronic ballads) have (rightly) seduced millions of like-minded fans. }}