screeching
Meaning of screeching
- (of a person or animal) give a loud, harsh, piercing cry.
she hit her brother, causing him to screech with pain
mid 16th century: alteration of archaic scritch, of imitative origin.
Information about screeching
- It is a verb.
- Languages in which screeching is used:
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Hyphenation of screeching
screech-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- screeching is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
screeching synonyms
Meaning screaming:
Meaning screech:
screech, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming
Meaning scream:
scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech
Meaning make a squeal:
Meaning (of a bird) make a loud, harsh noise:
Meaning weep and cry out loudly:
Meaning (of a person) utter a loud cry, typically as an expression of a strong emotion:
Meaning shout in a loud, sharp way:
Meaning shout something with a deep loud roar:
Meaning shout or call out noisily and unrestrainedly:
Meaning shout or exclaim hoarsely:
Meaning utter a yelp:
Meaning utter a wail:
Meaning (of a baby or small child) cry noisily and continuously:
Meaning make a shrill howling or wailing noise like that of a cat:
Meaning give or make a whoop:
Meaning give a loud shout or cry:
screeching antonyms
Meaning speak very softly using one's breath rather than one's throat, especially for the sake of secrecy:
Words that rhyme with screeching
hing, aahing, ahing, blahing, fatwahing, hoorahing, hurrahing, huzzahing, obeahing, oompahing, rahing, Ahgwahching, Beeching, Busching, Ching, Fasching, Frenching, Kuching, Peiching, Stellenbosching, accroaching, aching, antilynching, antipoaching, appeaching, approaching, arching, areaching, attaching, avalanching, avouching, baching, backaching, backscratching, backstitching, batching, beaching, bedrenching, belching, bellyaching, benching, bescorching, beseeching, besmirching, besmutching, bewitching, bioleaching, birching, birdcatching, birdwatching