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What is the adjective for creaking?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb creak which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

creaky
  1. Tending to creak
  2. Worn down by overuse; decrepit
  3. arthritic or rheumatic
  4. (linguistics) Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. grating, raspy, rusty, rasping, creaking, squeaky, squeaking, harsh, scratchy, discordant, jarring, coarse, dissonant, gravel, stridulant, raucous, stridulous, snarling, abrasive, hoarse, gruff, husky, croaking, croaky, gravelly, rough, guttural, thick, deep, growly, growling, low, throaty, strident, unmelodious, screeching, sharp, noisy, cacophonous, squawky, jangling, unmusical, clashing, shrill, unharmonious, piercing, cracked, clamorous, ear-piercing, earsplitting … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Her voice was so creaky that every word she uttered sent shivers down my spine.”
      “As she reluctantly opened the old wooden door, the creaky hinges echoed through the empty hallway, revealing the firm and rigid nature of the decaying structure.”
      “After browsing through her grandmother's photo album, Jane found a creaky photograph of her great-grandparents on their honeymoon, showcasing their antiquated fashion sense.”
creakless
  1. Without a creak.
creakier
  1. comparative form of creaky: more creaky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. raspier, squeakier, more rusty, more rasping, harsher, more discordant, scratchier, more jarring, coarser, more dissonant, more stridulant, more raucous, more stridulous, more abrasive, hoarser, gruffer, huskier, croakier, more gravelly, rougher, more guttural, thicker, deeper, growlier, lower, throatier, more cracked, drier, more inarticulate, more indistinct, more muffled, breathier, croupier, more whispering, more hacking, more barking, firmer, rigider, stiffer, more inflexible, more outmoded, more archaic, more outdated, more antiquated, more dated, more obsolete, more obsolescent, more old-fashioned, older, more antediluvian … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “This is the eighth, directed by Joe Harmston, who faced something of a challenge as this is one of her creakier efforts.”
      “Yet while his voice may be creakier than a cellar door, the tunes he did sing on merely added to the emotional effect.”
      “Trouble is, this spy-next-door comedy is even creakier at the knees than he is.”
creakiest
  1. superlative form of creaky: most creaky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. raspiest, squeakiest, most rusty, most rasping, harshest, most discordant, scratchiest, most jarring, coarsest, most dissonant, most stridulant, most raucous, most stridulous, most abrasive, hoarsest, gruffest, huskiest, croakiest, most gravelly, roughest, most guttural, thickest, deepest, growliest, lowest, throatiest, most cracked, driest, most inarticulate, most indistinct, most muffled, breathiest, croupiest, most whispering, most barking, most hacking, firmest, rigidest, stiffest, most inflexible, most outmoded, most archaic, most outdated, most antiquated, most dated, most obsolete, most obsolescent, most old-fashioned, oldest, most antediluvian … more
creaked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of creak
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ground, grinded, grated, screeched, squealed, rasped, scraped, squeaked, groaned, jarred, rubbed, scratched, sounded, chirred, complained, grit, scrunched, screaked, gritted, resounded, resonated, reverberated, echoed, blared, blew, blown, chimed, clanged, ringed, rang, rung, tolled, blasted, dinged, went, gone, pealed, played, reechoed, tooted, went off, gone off, babbled, banged, barked, boomed, burst, brast, bursten … more
creaking
  1. present participle of creak
  2. Synonyms:
      3. grinding, grating, screeching, squealing, rasping, scraping, squeaking, groaning, jarring, rubbing, scratching, sounding, chirring, complaining, scrunching, screaking, gritting, resounding, resonating, reverberating, echoing, blaring, blowing, chiming, clanging, ringing, tolling, blasting, dinging, going, pealing, playing, reechoing, tooting, going off, babbling, banging, barking, booming, bursting, buzzing, cackling, chattering, clacking, clanking, clapping, clattering, clinking, crashing … more
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