as in shrill
having a high musical pitch or range
the screeching blast of the factory whistle hurt my ears
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as in shrieking
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 screeching
Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
The game came to a screeching halt in the top of the sixth.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
However, progress came to a screeching halt last week.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 7 May 2025
One county official told residents to consider removing the speed bumps along part of the truck route, so the trucks don’t have to brake and make a screeching sound.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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But that came to a screeching halt during a winter ski trip with his family when Quesnell suffered a compression fracture of a vertebra in his back and a break in the bottom right loop of his hip.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
The game came to a screeching halt in the top of the sixth.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
However, progress came to a screeching halt last week.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 7 May 2025
One county official told residents to consider removing the speed bumps along part of the truck route, so the trucks don’t have to brake and make a screeching sound.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screeching
shrill
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Still, the shrill alarm that echoed on Friday morning as Israel announced airstrikes on neighboring Iran gave her that familiar feeling.—
Isabel Rivera,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2025
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The males climb up trees and produce their shrill songs en masse, using muscles to vibrate a rigid part of their exoskeletons called tymbals.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
30 May 2025
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“Screeching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screeching. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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