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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 teams returned all at once, noisy and punctual as the trains of the London and North West Railway screeching into Euston Station during the morning rush hour.
But as most of the conference schools appeared close to approving the deal, pushback by the University of Michigan instead brought it to a screeching halt.
They were screeching and soaring and nesting on the hillsides.
The extraordinary scene with the medium in “Rashomon” stems directly from Noh, with the voice of the dead nobleman distorted into a screeching, growling outburst.
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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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