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
Julia Shapero, The Hill, 7 May 2025
One county official told residents to consider removing the speed bumps along part of the truck route, so the trucks don’t have to brake and make a screeching sound.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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
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However, progress came to a screeching halt last week.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 7 May 2025
One county official told residents to consider removing the speed bumps along part of the truck route, so the trucks don’t have to brake and make a screeching sound.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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
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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 3 Jun. 2025.
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