as in to shriek
to cry out loudly and emotionally
the toddler screeched in anger when her stuffed rabbit was taken away
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Recent Examples of screech
Alex Zalben,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
Its appearance may belie the truth, but this is not the demonic, screeching spider chasing people down that freaked you out in the movie Arachnophobia.
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Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
Spread over him and shoved him forward, and he was woken by a screech and a howl.
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Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Inside, as the step and repeat cleared out and the cast entered, both the packed orchestra and two balconies screeched whenever a member of the cast entered.
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Alex Zalben,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
Its appearance may belie the truth, but this is not the demonic, screeching spider chasing people down that freaked you out in the movie Arachnophobia.
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Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
Noun
The only noise is the dip-dip of oars and the ethereal screech of horseshoe bats.
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Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
Spread over him and shoved him forward, and he was woken by a screech and a howl.
—
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screech
Verb
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Fans shrieked and hollered as every player in the realmwide war — Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), Prince Daemon (Matt Smith), the Sea Snake (Steve Toussaint) and his nemesis Lohar (Abigail Thorn) — popped up.
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As the noise-rap-electro act Jane Remover shrieked and pleaded through a 90-minute marathon set at the Fonda on Thursday night, one very young couple dressed right out of a conservative‘s nightmare — gender-ambiguous, purple hair, facial piercings — tapped me on the shoulder.
Noun
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In response, the paddlers near the front of the canoe momentarily pause their paddling and squeal as the sea lion splashes them.
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These threatened and endangered species are gentle, curious, and squeal-inducing levels of adorable, making a rare sighting all the more special and memorable.
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Like why does Bravo think making the captions all different sizes screams Gen Z?
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For Denver, who sent the pick away, this screams cost-cutting measure for a team running into second apron issues.
Noun
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Air traffic control at Heathrow cleared the flight for a priority return after the pilots issued a squawk 7700 — the code for a general emergency.
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He was missed — especially vocally — since Gill’s angelic voice does not, in any way shape or form, resemble Walsh’s charmingly out-of-pitch squawk-talk style.
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In the early afternoon, a roar ripped through the stifling Mississippi heat, as dozens of motorcycles leading the funeral procession rumbled into the church parking lot.
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Johnson’s first budget made the CARE pilot permanent and doubled staff positions in 2024, to roars of approval from his progressive base.
Noun
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The vocal repertoire consisted of at least seven different squeak types.
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Others reported a persistent squeak.
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The pair began to exchange words early in the second half, cracking the type of crooked smiles that hardly concealed the competitiveness driving both players to chirp and ridicule and needle one another on both ends of the court.
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Stephanie says, between a bark and a chirp.
Noun
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On the floor, hundreds of people convulse to Blanco Teta’s ravenous yowls and monster-truck basslines off their July album La debacle de las divas.
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Now fans can get a closer look at the man behind the pitch-perfect yowl, the pencil mustache and the flawless pompadour.
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“Screech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screech. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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