screeching | ||
1. | [ noun ] a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | |
Synonyms: | shriek screech scream screaming shrieking shreiking | |
Examples: | "he ducked at the screechings of shells" "he heard the scream of the brakes" |
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Related terms: | noise squawk scream | |
2. | [ adjective ] loud and sustained; shrill and piercing | |
Synonyms: | screaming shrieking | |
Examples: | "hordes of screaming fans" "a screaming jet plane" "a screaming fury of sound" "a screeching parrot" "screeching brakes" "a horde of shrieking fans" "shrieking winds" |
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Related terms: | noisy | |
3. | [ noun ] sharp piercing cry | |
Synonyms: | scream shriek shrieking screech screaming | |
Examples: | "her screaming attracted the neighbors" |
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Related terms: | cry shout squeak | |
Similar spelling: |
scorching screech screechy screecher scriech screech_owl scorcher scorched Scorzelli Schrecengost Schreckengost |