Synonyms of shrieking

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adjective

as in shrill

having a high musical pitch or range

shrieking horns of impatient drivers stuck in a traffic jam

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shrill
• whistling
• screeching
• high-pitched
• squeaky
• squeaking
• treble
• piping
• nasal
• tinny
• thin
• strident
• earsplitting
• piercing
• squealing
• penetrating
• whiny
• sharp
• peeping
• whining
• yelping
• yapping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• low
• grave
• deep
• bass
• hoarse
• throaty
• rough
• smoky
• husky
• gruff

shrieking

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verb

present participle of shriek

as in screaming

to cry out loudly and emotionally

the children shrieked with excitement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• screaming
• squealing
• yelling
• howling
• screeching
• crying
• yelping
• shrilling
• squalling
• shouting
• wailing
• squawking
• yowling
• keening
• baying
• hollering
• caterwauling
• bawling
• thundering
• yawping
• vociferating
• calling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• whispering
• muttering
• murmuring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shrieking

Verb

The addition of the electric guitar, drums and Jack White’s shrieking vocals transformed it into a rock song, while also keeping its signature folksiness. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

The other customers cowered in the corners, while crowds formed at the windows outside, shrieking and recording the scene on their phones. — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Kids are shrieking through their favorite splash pads, faces sticky with Bomb Pop juice and joy. — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026

Raph and Grant keep tasting wasabi Oreos, with Raph shrieking and Grant grimacing. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026

Now, if there was just some way to go back and re-edit a supercut without Kate Capshaw's squealing and shrieking. — Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026

Lyra spent hours running and spinning through the surf, shrieking with joy when the waves caught her. — Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026

But in the early days of the Maniacs, everyone swears that Merchant was a shrieking dervish during shows, exorcising her teenage demons on the stage of every bar in the Rust Belt. — Dan Kois, Pitchfork, 17 May 2026

While peacocks have roamed the streets of Los Angeles County for more than a century, officials in 2021 moved to ban people from feeding them after reports of the birds shrieking in the night and damaging property. — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 14 May 2026