scream bloody murder

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

scream bloody murder (third-person singular simple present screams bloody murder, present participle screaming bloody murder, simple past and past participle screamed bloody murder)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To scream loudly in fear, pain, etc.
2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To protest loudly or angrily.

Synonyms

• yell bloody murder
• cry bloody murder
• scream blue murder

Translations

scream loudly in fear, pain, etc.

• French: crier à l’assassin, crier au meurtre (fr)

protest loudly or angrily

• Dutch: moord en brand schreeuwen
• Russian: орать благим матом (oratʹ blagim matom)