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HIGH-PITCHED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does high-pitched mean?
• HIGH-PITCHED (adjective)
The adjective HIGH-PITCHED has 2 senses:
1. used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
2. set at a sharp or high angle or slant
Familiarity information: HIGH-PITCHED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
Synonyms:
high; high-pitched
Similar:
adenoidal; nasal; pinched (sounding as if the nose were pinched)
altissimo (very high)
alto ((of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group)
alto; countertenor (of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor)
falsetto (artificially high; above the normal voice range)
peaky; spiky (having or as if having especially high-pitched spots)
sharp; shrill (having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones)
screaky; screechy; squeaking; squeaky; squealing (having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge)
soprano; treble (having or denoting a high range)
sopranino (higher in range than soprano)
tenor (of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice)
tenor ((of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass)
Attribute:
pitch (the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Set at a sharp or high angle or slant
Context example:
a high-pitched roof
Similar:
inclined (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position)
Context examples
A rare, inherited disorder marked by height that is shorter than average, a narrow face with redness and a rash, a high-pitched voice, and fertility problems.
(Bloom syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
It is brief, usually lasting for less than one minute, interrupting the speech and breathing and may produce a high-pitched breathing sound.
(Laryngospasm, NCI Thesaurus)
The human ear can detect a wide range of frequencies, from the low rumbles of distant thunder to the high-pitched whine of a mosquito.
(Hearing different frequencies, NIH)
He was no gentle lamb, and the part of second fiddle would never do for the high-pitched dominance of his nature.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
And then, under this high-pitched, ringing sound there was another, more intermittent, a low, deep-chested laugh, a growling, throaty gurgle of merriment which formed a grotesque accompaniment to the shriek with which it was blended.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mrs. Crupp, after holding divers conversations respecting Peggotty, in a very high-pitched voice, on the staircase—with some invisible Familiar it would appear, for corporeally speaking she was quite alone at those times—addressed a letter to me, developing her views.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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