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Synonyms & Antonyms of screech
(Entry 1 of 2)
to cry out loudly and emotionally
- the toddler screeched in anger when her stuffed rabbit was taken away
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screech
nounSynonyms of screech (Entry 2 of 2)
as in howl, squeal
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for screech
- bark,
- bay,
- bellow,
- blat,
- bleat,
- bray,
- cackle,
- calling,
- caterwaul,
- caw,
- cheep,
- chirp,
- cluck,
- coo,
- crake,
- croak,
- crow,
- grunt,
- honk,
- hoot,
- howl,
- low,
- meow
- (also miaow),
- mew,
- moo,
- neigh,
- oink,
- peep,
- quack,
- roar,
- squall,
- squawk,
- squeak,
- squeal,
- trumpet,
- tu-whit tu-whoo,
- twitter,
- whinny,
- yap,
- yelp,
- yip,
- yowl
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“Screech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screech. Accessed 27 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of screech was in 1560
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