screechy

[ skree-chee ]

adjective,screech·ier, screech·i·est.
  1. like or suggesting screeching.

  2. producing screeches: a screechy door.

Origin of screechy

1
First recorded in 1820–30; screech + -y1

Words Nearby screechy

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How to use screechy in a sentence

  • Her voice is so high and screechy, it cuts your ears; she does not want for wit, and expresses herself well.

  • The priests stopped before us and their leader began a long harangue in a screechy voice which set my nerves on edge.

    The Infra-Medians | Sewell Peaslee Wright
  • Now a woman's voice rose from amid this gaping and chattering crowd,—the sharp and screechy voice of an angry woman.

    The Delight Makers | Adolf Bandelier
  • What she spoke of was a thing that turned, and made a screechy noise.

    Walter Pieterse | Multatuli

British Dictionary definitions for screechy

screechy

/ (ˈskriːtʃɪ) /


adjective-ier or -iest
  1. loud and shrill

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