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
Xandra Harbet, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
In any case, the great Florida land rush came to a screeching halt in 1926.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Compounding the issue is the global flow of goods coming to a screeching halt if the economy worsens.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
However, the honeymoon phase comes to a screeching halt on April 7, when Venus joins Saturn in a pragmatic conjunction.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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When the 2020 pandemic brought the restaurant industry to a screeching halt, Hart and his team pivoted hard.
—Xandra Harbet, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
In any case, the great Florida land rush came to a screeching halt in 1926.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Compounding the issue is the global flow of goods coming to a screeching halt if the economy worsens.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
However, the honeymoon phase comes to a screeching halt on April 7, when Venus joins Saturn in a pragmatic conjunction.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screeching
shrill
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Their bathroom floor also pooled with water after showering, and noise from other apartments, like the shrill beeps of a low-battery smoke detector next door, carried through the paper-thin walls.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
22 Apr. 2025
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As such, The Studio is shrill and talky, its chaotic scenes sparked by random performers like Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Polley, all of whom want something from Remick.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Screeching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screeching. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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