high-pitched

[hahy-picht]

adjective

1. Music.,  played or sung at a high pitch.

2. emotionally intense.

   a high-pitched argument.

3. (of a roof ) having an almost vertical slope; steep.

high-pitched

adjective

1. pitched high in volume or tone See high

2. (of a roof) having steeply sloping sides

3. (of an argument, style, etc) lofty or intense

Word History and Origins

Origin of high-pitched¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

It takes its attack action to heart—I hear ankles twisting, arrows loosening, and high-pitched screams above us.

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At her mother’s words she began to moan, soft and high-pitched, but it sounded just like the singing of the samovar, and no one paid her any mind.

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The odd, wolfish duet floated through the air: this time it was a pair of high-pitched, girlish howls, followed by a deep and manly one.

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To make matters worse, the plant’s store of alarm pocket dosimeters, which let out a high-pitched two-tone alarm if the radiation level climbs too quickly, was largely wiped out by the tsunami.

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The high-pitched sound of an angle grinder sawing through glass echoed through the hall.

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Related Words

• piercing 
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