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screeching
adjective as in harsh
Strong match
Weak matches
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- guttural
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- raucous
- rugged
- rusty
- sour
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
adjective as in scratchy
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- dissonant
- disturbing
- dry
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- rigid
- rough
- rugged
- rusty
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- squawky
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
adjective as in shrill
Strongest matches
adjective as in squawky
adjective as in strident
Example Sentences
The sounds of roaring engines, screeching tyres and cracking exhaust pipes are often heard tearing through streets surrounding the Croydon Road Tesco store, as car lovers meet there to show off their wheels.
A draw at Falkirk saw fans once again screeching for his sacking, a pretty much constant and venomous refrain in recent times.
The 65,000 fans in attendance undoubtedly showed up sobbing and screeching with unbridled elation.
Meanwhile, new hiring has ground to a screeching halt, according to the latest government statistics.
His screeching bigotry would feel out of place in her pastel-colored dreamland, where nothing interesting ever happens.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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