The Crossword Solver found 20 answers to “Cries of dismay”, 3 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.
SHRIEK
shriek, shrieks, shrieked, shrieking, screich, skriech – v
to utter a shrill cry
SYNONYMS
howl, scream, screech, shrill, squall, squeal, yell, yelp
SENTENCE EXAMPLES
“The birds were shrieking in the trees.”
“She shrieked when she saw a mouse.”
“Terrified onlookers shriek as the bison slows its charge and moves in to inspect its curious company.”
“But the options were scant: motel rooms or apartments way too small for a family of nine, with dogs and a macaw that liked to shriek at random and eat crown molding.”
ETYMOLOGY
shriek (v.)
16c. variant of scrycke (c. 1200), from Old Norse skrækja “to screech”, probably of imitative origin. Related: Shrieked; shrieking. The noun is attested from 1580s, from the verb
More Clues
- OYS Cries of dismay
- DRATS Cries of dismay
- HOWLS Cries of dismay
- EEKS Cries of alarm
- SHRIEKS Her kiss may lead to cries of alarm
- A C H German cry of dismay
- ACK Funny-pages cry of dismay
- FIE Cry of dismay as celebration’s halved
- YOW Cry of dismay
- EEK Cry of dismay
- DOH Cartoon cry of dismay
- O N O Cry of dismay, in poetry
- OY VEY …Roy very short of runs gives Yiddish cry of dismay
- HORRORS Cry of dismay
- OOPS Cry of dismay
- EGAD Cry of dismay
- OUCH Cry of dismay
- ALACK Cry of dismay
- S L A S Cry of dismay
- OH DEAR Cry of dismay
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