screechy
Americanadjective
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like or suggesting screeching.
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producing screeches.
a screechy door.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of screechy
Example Sentences
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Hal is a sympathetic sojourner through this ghost world, even if his exclamations of shock become a little screechy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Opening episodes of “The Office” presented Michael Scott as a screechy menace.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025
But the pitch of that ill-speak needn’t be screechy.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2021
“La Llorona” avoids the tropes of horror: the screechy violins and bumping furniture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2020
He would rather talk to Frolic, the old, overweight dog asleep on the floor, than to Matthew and Annabelle, with their grabby hands and screechy giggles.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
The Malabar parakeets — smaller and screechier than their cousins in Delhi — flitted through the forest.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2011
Now, “Orange County,” which is the screechiest “Housewives” franchise, had experienced so far a year of immense healing, with the Housewives working on forgiveness.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2017
I’m okay with not hearing the screechiest parts of a song in their full bluster.
From The Verge ● Jan. 27, 2016
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