The owl gave a loud screech.
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Screech
//skɹiːt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "screech" (128 found)
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19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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3 entriesderived
10 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κρίζω verb (make a screech)
Bulgarian
4 entries- крясък noun (loud harsh sound)
- писък noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- крещя verb (make a screech)
- пискам verb (make a screech)
Catalan
1 entries- grinyol noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 尖叫 verb (make a screech)
Czech
4 entries- jekot noun (loud harsh sound)
- skřípění noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- vřískot noun (loud harsh sound)
- zaskřípění noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
Esperanto
4 entries- kriaĉo noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- kriĉo noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- kriaĉi verb (make a screech)
- kriĉi verb (make a screech)
Finnish
4 entries- kirskahdus noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- kirskuna noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- kirskunta noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- rääkäisy noun (loud harsh sound)
French
2 entries- crissement noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- striduler verb (make a screech)
Galician
1 entries- cantar (an axletree) verb (make a screech)
German
4 entries- Aufschreien noun (loud harsh sound)
- Kreischen noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- Kreischen noun (loud harsh sound)
- Quietschen noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
Greek
1 entries- στρίγκλισμα noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
Hungarian
1 entries- csikorog verb (make a screech)
Irish
3 entries- scread noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- scréach noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- scread verb (make a screech)
Italian
1 entries- stridere verb (make a screech)
Latin
1 entries- stridō verb (make a screech)
Māori
4 entries- ngē noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- karehā verb (make a screech)
- ngoengoe verb (make a screech)
- ngāngā verb (make a screech)
Norman
1 entries- rouaûder verb (make a screech)
Persian
3 entries- جیغ noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- صدای غیژغیژ noun (loud harsh sound)
- نوعی ویسکی خانگی noun (form of home-made rye whiskey)
Portuguese
2 entries- chiado noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- chiar verb (make a screech)
Russian
4 entries- визг noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- скре́жет noun (loud harsh sound)
- скрип noun (loud harsh sound)
- вереща́ть verb (make a screech)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- sgreuch noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- sgreuch noun (loud harsh sound)
- sgreuch verb (make a screech)
Spanish
4 entries- chirrido noun (high-pitched strident or piercing sound)
- chirriar verb (make a screech)
- estridular verb (make a screech)
- rechinar verb (make a screech)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Sami heard a screech.
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He heard a car screech.
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With a rattle and a screech, a tractor rolled through the field, knocking the grass flat with a giant red rolling pin.
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