skreegh
/skriːɡ/
noun
- A loud, harsh, piercing cry or sound, like that of an animal or a person in distress.
- The baby let out a skreegh when she dropped her toy.
- The skreegh of the peacock startled everyone in the garden.
- We heard a terrible skreegh coming from the forest at night.
Antonyms
verb
- To make a loud, harsh, piercing cry or sound.
- The old gate would skreegh every time it opened.
- She would skreegh with laughter during the funny movie.
- The parrot began to skreegh when the stranger entered the room.