SQUAWKY

Meaning of SQUAWKY in English

/skwaw"kee/ , adj., squawkier, squawkiest .

unpleasantly discordant or harsh in sound; cacophonous.

[ 1895-1900; SQUAWK + -Y 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SQUAWKY — -kē adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: squawk (II) + -y : harsh , discordant , raucous
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SQUAWKY — Synonyms and related words : brassy, brazen, choked, coarse, cracked, croaking, croaky, dry, grating, gruff, guttural, harsh, harsh-sounding, hoarse, husky, …
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SQUAWKY — Function: adjective Synonyms: HARSH 3, dry, grating, hoarse, jarring, rasping, raucous, rough, rusty, strident Contrasted Words: liquid, mellow, smooth
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SQUAWKY — adjective Synonyms: harsh 3, dry, grating, hoarse, jarring, rasping, raucous, rough, rusty, strident Contrasted words: liquid, mellow, smooth
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LOVEBIRD — any of nine species of small parrots, genus Agapornis (subfamily Psittacinae), of Africa and Madagascar. Lovebirds are noted for pretty …
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LOVEBIRD — n. Any of nine species of small parrot s (genus Agapornis, subfamily Psittacinae) of Africa and Madagascar. Popular as pets …
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TINNY — Synonyms and related words : Mickey Mouse, aureate, base, brass, brassy, brazen, bronze, bronzy, cheap, cheesy, choked, coarse, common, copper, …
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THROATY — Synonyms and related words : accented, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulated, assimilated, back, barytone, bilabial, blurred, brassy, brazen, breathy, broad, …
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THICK — Synonyms and related words : Boeotian, a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, abundant, accented, adhesive, alive, alive with, alveolar, …
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STRIDENT — Synonyms and related words : absonant, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, astringent, atonal, biting, bitter, blatant, boisterous, cacophonous, caustic, clamorous, cracked, …
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STRANGLED — Synonyms and related words : blurred, brassy, brazen, breathy, choked, choking, clamped, coarse, compressed, concentrated, condensed, consolidated, constricted, contracted, cracked, …
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STERTOROUS — Synonyms and related words : asthmatic, brassy, brazen, breathing, choked, coarse, cracked, croaking, croaky, dry, errhine, expiratory, gruff, guttural, harsh, …
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RUDE
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ROUGH
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RAUCOUS — Synonyms and related words : absonant, atonal, boisterous, brassy, brazen, brusque, cacophonous, choked, coarse, cracked, croaking, croaky, diaphonic, disconsonant, discordant, …
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RAGGED — Synonyms and related words : all in, bad, badgered, baited, battered, beat-up, bedeviled, bedraggled, beset, blowzy, brassy, brazen, broken-down, bugged, …
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METALLIC — Synonyms and related words : brassy, brazen, choked, coarse, cracked, croaking, croaky, dry, gruff, guttural, harsh, harsh-sounding, hoarse, husky, metal, …
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HUSKY
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HOARSE — Synonyms and related words : blurred, brassy, brazen, breathy, choked, choking, coarse, cracked, croaking, croaky, drawling, drawly, dry, dysphonic, grating, …
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HARSH — Synonyms and related words : Doric, Draconian, Spartan, Spartanic, abrupt, absonant, abusive, acerb, acerbic, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, afflictive, …
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GUTTURAL — Synonyms and related words : accented, allophone, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulated, articulation, aspiration, assimilated, assimilation, back, barytone, bilabial, blurred, …
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GRUFF — Synonyms and related words : abrupt, acerb, acid, acrimonious, aggressive, bad-tempered, bearish, beastly, biting, bluff, blunt, boorish, brash, brassy, brazen, …
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DRY — Synonyms and related words : Rabelaisian, Saharan, Spartan, WCTU, acarpous, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, acetose, acid, acidulous, air-dry, anhydrate, anhydrous, …
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CRACKED
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COARSE — Synonyms and related words : Adamic, Circean, Doric, Mickey Mouse, acerb, acerbic, acrid, amaroidal, animal, animalistic, arrested, astringent, backward, barbaric, …
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BRAZEN — Synonyms and related words : Titian, adust, affront, arrant, arrogant, auburn, audacious, aureate, aweless, barefaced, bay, bay-colored, bayard, beard, bell …
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BRASSY — Synonyms and related words : Titian, adust, affront, arrant, arrogant, auburn, audacious, aureate, aweless, barefaced, bay, bay-colored, bayard, beard, bell …
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STRIDULOUS — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: HARSH 3, grating, hoarse, jarring, rasping, rough, rugged, squawky, strident, stridulent
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