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
Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 10 June 2025
One of dancehall’s biggest stars who had collaborated with artists such as Busta Rhymes and Fat Joe, Buju Banton’s career came to a screeching halt in 2009 when he was arrested in Sarasota and convicted in 2011.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
Events like fires, floods, snowstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes can bring companies to a screeching halt by damaging facilities and even jeopardizing employees' lives.
—Niki Jorgensen, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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
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This trend came to a screeching halt during the Covid-19 pandemic, but could be picking back up now.
—Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 10 June 2025
One of dancehall’s biggest stars who had collaborated with artists such as Busta Rhymes and Fat Joe, Buju Banton’s career came to a screeching halt in 2009 when he was arrested in Sarasota and convicted in 2011.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
Events like fires, floods, snowstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes can bring companies to a screeching halt by damaging facilities and even jeopardizing employees' lives.
—Niki Jorgensen, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screeching
shrill
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There’s also a large cast of supporting characters, many called upon to strike shrill notes of hostility.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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The warnings start coming in, first shrill alarms from our cellphones alerting us of a tornado warning, and then the stirring call of tornado-warning sirens outside of the windows.—
Colleen Hagerty,
Rolling Stone,
27 July 2025
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“Screeching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screeching. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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