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high-pitched
[ hahy-picht ]
adjective
- Music. played or sung at a high pitch.
- emotionally intense:
a high-pitched argument.
- (of a roof ) having an almost vertical slope; steep.
high-pitched
adjective
- pitched high in volume or tone See high
- (of a roof) having steeply sloping sides
- (of an argument, style, etc) lofty or intense
Word History and Origins
Origin of high-pitched1
Example Sentences
Cadets mimicked his commands, which he issued in drawn-out syllables in his high-pitched, mountain-inflected voice.
She added in the high-pitched, over-enunciated voice, like she was alternating between sucking on helium and a bong.
Disappointed and frustrated, the men make angry, high-pitched appeals towards you, but they leave nonetheless.
It is a creepy sound, inhumanly high-pitched and strangely clipped and emphatic: “S-s-eeg maheevoh s-s-speeree.”
For anyone younger watching her on this strange, high-pitched daily basis, The View should not be what she is remembered for.
There a familiar sound met his ears—the roll of a drum followed by an incantation in a quavering, high-pitched voice.
Quite recently a new high-pitched roof has been placed over this chantry.
The voice that had been held rigidly to the usual calm clarity of an official announcer became suddenly high-pitched and vibrant.
He had a high-pitched voice with aristocratic intonations, and he seemed to be in a perpetual state of interrogation.
This was no high-pitched fluting from aliens deprived of their sport, but a hissing nightmare cry.
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