The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
screaking — v. screech, emit a high piercing cry, shriek, scream; make a creak, make a harsh grating noise … English contemporary dictionary
screaking — … Useful english dictionary
Screak — Screak, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screaking}.] [Cf. Icel. skr[ae]kja to screech. Cf. {Creak}, v., {Screech}.] To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Screaked — Screak Screak, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screaking}.] [Cf. Icel. skr[ae]kja to screech. Cf. {Creak}, v., {Screech}.] To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grating — I adj 1. irritating, aggravating, exasperating, exacerbating; annoying, vexatious, irksome, galling, peeving, nettling; disturbing, bothersome, distressing; wearing, fatiguing, tiring, tiresome; offensive, unpleasant, unpleasing, displeasing,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
ragged — I 3. glow, beam, scintillate, twinkle, glitter, sparkle, light up. II adj 1. shabby, seedy, tacky; slovenly, slop py, unkempt, untidy, dowdy, frumpish, frumpy; scrag gly, shaggy; needy, lacking, down and out, indigent, poor, impoverished, poverty … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
scrape — v 1. grate, rasp, file, scrape off; strip, decorticate, peel, skin, bark, husk, shuck, excoriate; grind, whet, sand, sandpaper, pumice; abrade, rub off, chafe, graze, scour, scrub; smooth, polish, burnish, buff. 2. scratch, scuff, mar, scar, Scot … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
