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stridor

Roget category 410

3. Words relating to matter
3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#410. [Harsh sounds.] Stridor

noun

creak etc. v. — creaking etc. v. — discord, etc. 414stridorroughness, sharpness, etc. adj. — cacophonycacoepy.
acute note, high notesoprano, treble, tenor, alto, falsetto, penny trumpet, voce di testa [It].

verb

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

adjective

creaking etc. v. — stridulous, harsh, coarse, hoarse, horrisonous, rough, gruff, grum, sepulchral, hollow.
sharp, high, acute, shrilltrumpet-tonedpiercing, ear-piercing, high-pitched, high-tonedcrackeddiscordant etc. 414cacophonous.

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