Meanings
comparative screechier · superlative screechiest
- Resembling a screech.
a screechy sound
1 more example
Where these Atlantics fell from acoustic grace, however, was in their feeble screechy little whistle, so different from the N.B.R. mellow standard pattern.
1952 December, R. S. McNaught, “The Voice of the Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 839 - Given to screeching.
She has a screechy voice that really grates on my nerves, like a dentist's drill.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Cite this entry
screechy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screechy
“screechy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screechy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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