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Screechy

Screechy \Screech"y\, a. Like a screech; shrill and harsh.

Wiktionary
screechy

a. Describing a sound as resembling a screech, or given to screeching.

WordNet
screechy

adj. having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge [syn: screaky, squeaking, squeaky, squealing]

Usage examples of "screechy".

And all, young and old alike, loved nothing more than listening to their hideous, screechy music played by men given the task and made listenable only after numerous bowls of sour, heady beer, which they brewed in vast quantities in great wooden tubs and then drank until inebriation either put them to sleep or stirred their blood and made them contentious and brawly.

He was making the same sort of screechy noises that the merpeople made when they were above water.