Stridulous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by or making a shrill grating sound or noise.
  • adj. Relating to or characterized by stridor.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. That which is relating to stridor.
  • adj. Emitting a particularly harsh or shrill sound.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Making a shrill, creaking sound.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Making a small harsh sound; having a thin, squeaky sound; squeaky; creaking.
    • Word Usage
    "In passing through some parts where a good shower of rain has fallen, the stridulous piercing notes of the cicadae are perfectly deafening; a drab-colored cricket joins the chorus with a sharp sound, which has as little modulation as the drone of a Scottish bagpipe."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    creaking    shrill   
    Same Context
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