cry like a banshee

cry like a banshee

1. To sob in a very loud, hysterical manner. She's been up in her room crying like a banshee ever since the breakup. I cried like a banshee the day we had to go put my dog to sleep.
2. To scream, howl, or screech in a very loud, high-pitched, and unsettling manner. Some animal has been crying like a banshee in the alleyway all night long. Kids, stop crying like a banshees back there! I need to focus on driving and I can barely hear myself think!
See also: banshee, cry, like
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • banshee
  • scream like a banshee
  • shriek like a banshee
  • wail like a banshee
  • wail like a banshee, to
  • howl like a banshee
  • for crying out loud
  • For crying out loud!
  • cry for
  • cry for (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
Peony worships him and does his bidding--until he brings her into battle with him against MacInnes, and demands that she cry like a banshee around MacInnes's walls to frighten him and his men.
Banks, Lynne Reid. The dungeon