SCREECHY Synonyms

• a substance that abrades or wears down

• causing abrasion

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• not in agreement or harmony

• lacking in harmony

• loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

• a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

• a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

• optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

• set at a sharp or high angle or slant

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

• uttering in an irritated tone

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

• a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

• sharp piercing cry

• keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

• having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing

• (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

• a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

• changing suddenly in direction and degree

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• ending in a sharp point

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

• harsh

• having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

• dangerously steep

• very sudden and in great amount or degree

• quick and forceful

• having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

• being sharply insistent on being heard

• of colors that are bright and gaudy

• utter a shrill cry

• conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

• of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

• being sharply insistent on being heard

• unpleasantly loud and harsh

• having a rasping or grating sound

• having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge

• having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge

• having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge