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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
Soon, neighbors arrived in horse-drawn teams, their steel wheels screeching on the gravel.
The models revealed a unique internal construction of two opposing sound chambers that create physical air turbulence as the source of the screeching sound.
On Monday afternoon, however, the adrenaline thrill came to a screeching halt when the Sol Spin stopped mid-motion, leaving riders suspended at multiple different angles.
“A black car came speeding really, really fast ... screeching and then lost control, swerved over and slammed into a bunch of people,” one witness told KTLA.
I don't know about y'all, but after the majority of men voted to put a screeching sexual predator back into office, I'm feeling like it's time to wind down this era of hand-holding and hair-stroking.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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