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[ skree-ching ] / ˈskri tʃɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR screeching ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing or uttering screeches: screeching bats. characteristic of screeches; harshly shrill: a screeching tone. nounthe act or sound of a person or thing that screeches. Origin of screechingFirst recorded in 1610–20; screech + -ing2, -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM screechingscreech·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby screechingscreaming-meemies, screamo, scream therapy, scree, screech, screeching, screech owl, screechy, screed, screen, Screen Actors Guild Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for screechingLindsey Graham can barely get ISIS out of his mouth before blowing his shpadoinkle and screeching "we may all get killed!" The Fear About Things That Won't Kill Us Is Killing Us|Cliff Schecter|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST In his screeching desperation, it sounds far more like “You can tell her what I wanted to be.” The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST The progress Whitmire and the committee was making came to a screeching halt when George W. Bush became governor in 1995. Prison Reform is Bigger in Texas|Olivia Nuzzi|April 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Given a screeching demagogue and an evenhanded, mild-mannered technocrat, people will always be more drawn to the former. America’s Epidemic of Psychiatric Over-Diagnosis|Jesse Singal|June 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But I do know I would not read a guideline or listen to the screeching admonishments from across the political spectrum. The Writhing, Miserable Reality of Force Feeding at Guantánamo Bay|Kent Sepkowitz|May 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST Like that screeching peacock, I have been vain of my fine feathers. The Nursery, No. 109, January, 1876, Vol. XIX.|Unknown They were screeching as if in anger, but still remained perched on the tree, which they probably mistook for a gibbet. The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete|Georg Ebers No screeching Indian was ever hit more fairly, surprised more suddenly, or extinguished more utterly. The Young Ranchers|Edward S. Ellis The noise suddenly subsided at the screeching of a raucous nasal voice. The Long Day|Dorothy Richardson One day in the spring I saw six all screeching and yelling together up and down a hedge near the road. Nature Near London|Richard Jefferies
Words related to screechingshout, shriek, yell, howl, squeal, outcry, shrill |