screechy

[skree-chee]

adjective

screechier, screechiest 

1. like or suggesting screeching. screeching.

2. producing screeches.

   a screechy door.

ˈscreechy

/ ˈskriːtʃɪ /

adjective

1. loud and shrill

Word History and Origins

Origin of screechy¹

First recorded in 1820–30; screech + -y ¹

Example Sentences

And then a screechy voice called out from afar.

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In one clip from “The Mike Douglas Show,” the siblings perform “Chopsticks” as a screechy violin duet.

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Opening episodes of “The Office” presented Michael Scott as a screechy menace.

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It added to the screechy tone and political division perceived in the United States and abroad during those years.

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“Rosa keeps bugging me to go, but it’s just screechy.”

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