skrike means to cry, sob, cry out or yell; to scream. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
SKRIKE — [Verb] To cry out or scream, especially with a shrill or harsh sound. From Middle English skriken, a borrowing from Old Norse skríkja ("to scream"), which is imitative of a shrill bird call. Unlike "shriek" (which implies a precise, piercing lance of sound born of terror) or "weep" (which denotes the silent welling of sorrow), to skrike is a raw, unvarnished expulsion of noise. It is the feral alarm of a jackdaw from a hedgerow, the rusty-hinge protest of a barn door in a gale, and the long, wordless wail of a child who has yet to learn the shapes of grief—the honest, guttural noise the throat makes before the mind has decided on rage or sorrow.
verb
- To cry, sob, cry out or yell; to scream.“The yells and yammering, croaking, jibbering and jabbering; howls, growls and curses; shrieking and skriking, that followed were beyond description.”
noun
- A cry or scream.“c''' 1573, attested by J. Raine
at what tyme the said Herrison wyfe gave a skrike.”
- The mistle thrush.