Definition of Shrieky

1. Adjective. Inclined to shriek, or characterised by shrieks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shrieky

1. shrill [adj SHRIEKIER, SHRIEKIEST] - See also: shrill

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrieky

shrieked
shrieker
shriekers
shriekfest
shriekfests
shriekier
shriekiest
shrieking
shrieking(a)
shriekingly
shriekings
shriekling
shrieklings
shrieks
shriekt
shrieky (current term)
shrieval
shrievalties
shrievalty
shrieve
shrieved
shrieves
shrieving
shrift
shriftfather
shrifts
shright
shrights
shrike
shriked

Literary usage of Shrieky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"Omnipotence of droning, edged with shrieky squealing, which fills the Universe ... From the depths of the gamut to the shrieky top again,—a droning that has ..."

2. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"Omnipotence of droning, edged with shrieky squealing, which fills the Universe ... From the depths of the gamut to the shrieky top again,—a droning that has ..."

3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"Omnipotence of droning, edged with shrieky squealing, which fills the ... From the depths of the gamut to the shrieky top again, — a droning that has ..."

4. The Congregational Review (1887)
"Dr. Bayne talks of the year 1483 as the year when " Savonarola, a true prophet of God, though somewhat shrill and shrieky, was strangled and burnt in ..."

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