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Roget's Thesaurus

#410. Stridor

[Harsh sounds.]

Nouns

creak etc. v.; creaking etc. v.; discord, etc. 414; stridor; roughness, sharpness, etc. adj.; cacophony; cacoepy. acute note, high note; soprano, treble, tenor, alto, falsetto, penny trumpet, voce di testa [It.].

Verbs

creak, grate, jar, burr, pipe, twang, jangle, clank, clink; scream etc. (cry) 411; yelp etc. (animal sound) 412; buzz etc. (hiss) 409. set the teeth on edge, corcher les oreilles [Fr.]; pierce the ears, split the ears, split the head; offend the ear, grate upon the ear, jar upon the ear.

Adjectives

creaking etc. v.; stridulous, harsh, coarse, hoarse, horrisonous, rough, gruff, grum, sepulchral, hollow. sharp, high, acute, shrill; trumpet-toned; piercing, ear-piercing, high-pitched, high-toned; cracked; discordant etc. 414; cacophonous.


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