Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
high-pitched \high-pitched\ adj.
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high in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices. Opposite of low. [Narrower terms: adenoidal, pinched, nasal; altissimo; alto; countertenor, alto; falsetto; peaky, spiky; piping; shrill, sharp; screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing; soprano, treble; sopranino; tenor]
Syn: high.
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set at a sharp or high angle or slant; as, a high-pitched roof.
Syn: steeply pitched, steep.
Wiktionary
a. Of a sound, having a comparatively high pitch.
WordNet
Usage examples of "high-pitched".
The lanky slicer was peering through an access panel with his magnispecs flipped down, manipulating a micrograbber in each hand and muttering to himself in a high-pitched, staccato manner that sounded alarmingly like machine code.
The audio feed was full of the high-pitched whistle of a substantial leak.
The Korkel would talk to each other in a high-pitched, burbly sort of sound, and they always let the fish go.
In the evenings, when mist enveloped the huge construction project, the builders would withdraw into their barracks, close the windows and light smoky fires of damp twigs outside the doors to drive away the swarms of mosquitoes and gnats which filled the air with a sinister, high-pitched buzzing.
Fingers ripped at his shirt, buttons went flying, but he slashed with the Key and the Fetchers let go, screaming horrible high-pitched screams.
Jungle troops on patrol, hearing the high-pitched scream of the enemy aircraft inbound, fleeing for their lives before the devastation and destruction that rained down from the skies.
From somewhere in the bush at his back he heard the strange bird the natives called a kookaburra emit its high-pitched cackle, sounding for all the world like demented laughter, and suddenly irritated, Tench thought longingly of his impending return to England.
Harlan, I remember, gave the name of Landar, in a stupidly high-pitched voice that almost got me giggling.
Shoshana was leaning against the rail, talking and smiling at Mana, actually enjoying the conversation when the high-pitched wail of four approaching jet skis demanded their attention.
Balusilustalu - or perhaps it was Mumu or Siseleka - let loose a series of high-pitched squeaks and clicks.
Balusilustalu-or perhaps it was Mumu or Siseleka-let loose a series of high-pitched squeaks and clicks.
Their glowing, pupilless white eyes gleamed in the pouring rain, and their high-pitched and horribly childlike giggles carried over the pounding rain and the low moans of the wind.
The only sound Rawhead understood from the mouth of the man was this sound he was hearing now, this high-pitched shriek that always attended a gelding.
There was a boom, somewhat muffled and high-pitched in the thin Martian atmosphere, and Roids heard the slug pass by his head.
It chattered at her with high-pitched sounds that reminded her vaguely of Weka Dart.