as in shrill
having a high musical pitch or range
the high-pitched sound of a siren
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Recent Examples of high-pitched
Another wrong impression involves Morrison’s voice, which seems excited and high-pitched.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
The Nashville singer-songwriter waited a full day with the high-pitched, pulsing sound before calling her doctor to check her ears.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Sounds can also be high-pitched or very low and can come and go or maintain a more constant presence.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Emergency vehicle sirens are high-pitched, and the rumblings from large trucks are lower-pitched.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
For example, pain cries are often loud, high-pitched and harsh to grab the attention of listeners and elicit aid.
—Katarzyna Pisanski, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2025
But the sound was really high-pitched and sounded more like an anxious small dog.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2024
Emergency vehicle sirens are high-pitched, and the rumblings from large trucks are lower-pitched.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
Seyfried’s voice gets conspiratorially high-pitched.
—Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
The Nashville singer-songwriter waited a full day with the high-pitched, pulsing sound before calling her doctor to check her ears.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Sounds can also be high-pitched or very low and can come and go or maintain a more constant presence.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Emergency vehicle sirens are high-pitched, and the rumblings from large trucks are lower-pitched.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
For example, pain cries are often loud, high-pitched and harsh to grab the attention of listeners and elicit aid.
—Katarzyna Pisanski, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2025
But the sound was really high-pitched and sounded more like an anxious small dog.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2024
Emergency vehicle sirens are high-pitched, and the rumblings from large trucks are lower-pitched.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
Seyfried’s voice gets conspiratorially high-pitched.
—Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-pitched
shrill
Adjective
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The orchestration is a touch grotesque, with the first violins given a shrill D two octaves above middle C.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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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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“High-pitched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-pitched. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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