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What is the adjective for shriek?

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

shrieky
  1. Inclined to shriek, or characterised by shrieks.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shrill, piercing, treble, sharp, piping, penetrating, acute, strident, loud, soprano, malodorous, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, shrilly, smelly, high-pitched, high, screeching, shrieking, squeaking, squeaky, whistling, clarion, falsetto, high-frequency, clear, vibrant, pellucid, stridulant, stridulatory, squawky, stridulous, bright, harsh, ear-piercing, earsplitting, deafening, ear-splitting, booming, head-splitting, thunderous, thin, strong, intrusive, screechy, reedy, discordant, metallic … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “All day we've heard the band with its drums and trombones and shrieky music.”
      “Omnipotence of droning, edged with shrieky squealing, which fills the Universe, not at all in a melodious way.”
      “In the popular imagination she was a dippy woman who waved her arms a lot, sang in a shrieky voice and said wow every other word.”
shriekier
  1. comparative form of shrieky: more shrieky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. higher, higher-pitched, acuter, sharper, shriller, more piercing, more strident, more penetrating, louder, smellier, more rancid, ranker, more putrid, more malodorous, squeakier, clearer, more vibrant, more pellucid, more stridulant, more stridulous, squawkier, brighter, more deafening, harsher, more earsplitting, more ear-splitting, more booming, more thunderous, more discordant, more cacophonous, more dissonant, more jarring, noisier, more raucous, more unmusical, more unmelodious, more inharmonious, more unharmonious, more metallic, more clamorous, more rasping, hoarser, janglier, brassier, thinner, screechier, tinnier, more ringing, more clangorous, rougher … more
shriekiest
  1. superlative form of shrieky: most shrieky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shrillest, sharpest, acutest, loudest, rankest, smelliest, highest-pitched, most piercing, most penetrating, most strident, most malodorous, most putrid, most rancid, highest, squeakiest, clearest, most vibrant, most pellucid, most stridulous, squawkiest, most stridulant, harshest, most deafening, most earsplitting, most booming, most thunderous, brightest, most intrusive, strongest, screechiest, thinnest, most discordant, feeblest, reediest, most stentorious, most cacophonous, most jarring, most raucous, whiniest, noisiest, most metallic, most clangorous, most argute, most blatant, crispest, smallest, faintest, weakest, softest, tinniest … more
shrieked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of shriek
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cried, screamed, shouted, screeched, yelled, bawled, bellowed, hollered, howled, roared, called, yelped, bayed, squealed, squawked, thundered, vociferated, whooped, crew, crowed, exclaimed, hailed, yowled, belled, cooeed, growled, hallooed, hissed, holloed, hooted, sang, sung, ululated, yawped, barked, cackled, caterwauled, cawed, cheered, clamored, clamoured, gabbled, groaned, grunted, moaned, sighed, snarled, trilled, yammered, hollered out … more
shrieking
  1. present participle of shriek
  2. Synonyms:
      3. yelling, screaming, crying, howling, screeching, shouting, roaring, bellowing, bawling, hollering, baying, yelping, squealing, wailing, calling, clamouring, squalling, yawping, squawking, whooping, clamoring, caterwauling, shrilling, cheering, crying out, calling out, thundering, barking, yowling, ululating, vociferating, hooting, hallooing, holloing, sounding off, yapping, yipping, growling, trumpeting, yammering, moaning, blustering, blaring, keening, groaning, hailing, booming, whining, exclaiming, routing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “They glamorize death as an abstract expression of powder bursts and shrieking projectiles.”
shritched
  1. simple past tense and past participle of shritch
shritching
  1. present participle of shritch
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