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highpitched
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high in sound |
| Synonyms: | acute, clarion, piercing, shrieky, shrill, treble |
| Antonyms: | low-pitched |
| Main Entry: | piercing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intense to the senses |
| Synonyms: | acute, agonizing, arctic, biting, bitter, blaring, cold, deafening, earsplitting, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, freezing, frosty, high, high-pitched, keen, knifelike, loud, numbing, painful, penetrating, powerful, racking, raw, roaring, severe, sharp, shattering, shooting, shrill, stabbing, stentorian, stentorious, thin, treble, wintry |
| Antonyms: | low, soft, weak |
| Main Entry: | piping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high |
| Synonyms: | acute, high-pitched, loud, malodorous, penetrating, piercing, putrid, rancid, rank*, reeking, sharp, shrieky, shrill, shrilly, smelly, soprano, strident, treble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shrieky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high |
| Synonyms: | acute, high-pitched, loud, malodorous, penetrating, piercing, piping, putrid, rancid, rank*, reeking, sharp, shrill, shrilly, smelly, soprano, strident, treble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shrilly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high |
| Synonyms: | acute, high-pitched, loud, malodorous, penetrating, piercing, piping, putrid, rancid, rank*, reeking, sharp, shrieky, shrill, smelly, soprano, strident, treble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | treble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high |
| Synonyms: | acute, high-pitched, loud, malodorous, penetrating, piercing, piping, putrid, rancid, rank*, reeking, sharp, shrieky, shrill, shrilly, smelly, soprano, strident |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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