scraigh
/skreɪ/
verb
- To make a harsh, high-pitched, grating sound; to screech or shriek.
- The parrot scraighed from its cage, demanding attention.
- The rusty gate scraighed loudly every time someone opened it.
- As the car braked suddenly, the tires scraighed against the pavement.
- To speak or cry out in a shrill, unpleasant voice.
- She scraighed at the top of her lungs to get the lifeguard's attention.
- The old man scraighed at the kids to stay off his lawn.
- The toddler scraighed for his toy when his sister took it away.
Antonyms
noun
- A harsh, shrill, grating sound; a screech.
- A sudden scraigh from the forest made everyone freeze.
- We heard the scraigh of metal scraping against stone.
- The scraigh of the microphone feedback hurt our ears.