squawky

An old-fashioned adjective meaning making a loud, harsh, or discordant sound, like a squawk.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adjektiv für etwas, das einen lauten, schrillen oder misstönenden Klang erzeugt, ähnlich einem Quietschen oder Kreischen.

1. Making a loud, harsh sound B2 informal

   Producing a sharp, grating, or unpleasant noise, similar to the cackle of a hen.

   • The old radio emitted a squawky static noise.
   • Her voice turned squawky after she screamed for help.
   • The hen made a squawky sound after laying an egg.

   🇩🇪Kreischend

   Synonyme: cacklygratingharshjarringraucousscreechyshrillstrident

   Antonyme: gentleharmoniousmellowmelodiouspeacefulquietsilentsoft

• squawkier comparative form
• squawkiest superlative form