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
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
By subverting trust and building paranoia to screeching highs, The Thing exploits some of humanity's worst traits.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
The band’s signature battering riffs and Lindberg’s screeching vocals have become synonymous with the extreme metal genre.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
That quest comes to a screeching halt due to the 2008 recession, as Jackie scrambles to adjust to a new lifestyle while husband David struggles to keep his timeshare empire from crumbling.
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Nothing brings a broadcast to a screeching halt more than these yellow flags.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for screeching
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What's more, this door alarm features three sensitivity levels and emits a loud, shrill sound that will instantly scare an intruder away.—
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When Nosferatu showed his corpselike face, the Wonder Morton’s Vox Humana (human voice) and concert-flute pipes buzzed together in a shrill cluster.—
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This seems to me as offensive to rationality as a saint shrieking into the air.—
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Meanwhile below, Frank chases Havlock through the dam’s tunnels on a snowmobile, the machine shrieking against concrete.—
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According to the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched in November to a residence in the Linville community of Marion after a caller reported a neighbor standing in their driveway screaming and refusing to leave the property despite having been warned previously.—
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Avid viewers of The Studio will appreciate the callback to a watershed episode this season when Ice Cube, as himself, uttered the same to a room filled with screaming fans, causing a fresh headache for Seth Rogen’s backlot boss Matt Remick.—
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Dozens of Morton Grove kiddos helped to ring in the New Year about 12 hours before the calendar change, blowing noisemakers and squealing with excitement as balloons were released to celebrate the move into 2026.—
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Most of the comedy is of the slapstick variety, including set-pieces with a live tarantula, a dead squirrel and a squealing wild hog.—
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Becca Good can be heard yelling from outside the vehicle.—
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In the video, a man is seen yelling at fellow audience members for being disruptive throughout the show's first act.—
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“Screeching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screeching. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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