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"

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"

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

We were in a field , in a tight , screeching turn .

Related terms

noisy

3
[ noun ] sharp piercing cry

Synonyms

scream shriek shrieking screech screaming

Examples

"her screaming attracted the neighbors"

Related terms

cry shout squeak

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Rhymes with

reaching scratching preaching crouching encroaching overreaching teaching leaching itching scorching catching coaching stitching switching wrenching ranching witching pitching stretching drenching branching slouching searching etching twitching quenching fetching poaching patching matching lurching touching watching unflinching lynching arching hatching approaching belching launching lunching marching munching

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

scorching screech screechy screecher scriech screech_owl scorcher scorched Scorzelli Schrecengost Schreckengost

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