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View synonyms for high-pitched

high-pitched

[ hahy-picht ]

adjective

  1. Music. played or sung at a high pitch.
  2. emotionally intense:

    a high-pitched argument.

  3. (of a roof ) having an almost vertical slope; steep.


high-pitched

adjective

  1. See high
    pitched high in volume or tone See high
  2. (of a roof) having steeply sloping sides
  3. (of an argument, style, etc) lofty or intense


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Word History and Origins

Origin of high-pitched1

First recorded in 1585–95

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Example Sentences

Cadets mimicked his commands, which he issued in drawn-out syllables in his high-pitched, mountain-inflected voice.

She added in the high-pitched, over-enunciated voice, like she was alternating between sucking on helium and a bong.

Disappointed and frustrated, the men make angry, high-pitched appeals towards you, but they leave nonetheless.

It is a creepy sound, inhumanly high-pitched and strangely clipped and emphatic: “S-s-eeg maheevoh s-s-speeree.”

For anyone younger watching her on this strange, high-pitched daily basis, The View should not be what she is remembered for.

There a familiar sound met his ears—the roll of a drum followed by an incantation in a quavering, high-pitched voice.

Quite recently a new high-pitched roof has been placed over this chantry.

The voice that had been held rigidly to the usual calm clarity of an official announcer became suddenly high-pitched and vibrant.

He had a high-pitched voice with aristocratic intonations, and he seemed to be in a perpetual state of interrogation.

This was no high-pitched fluting from aliens deprived of their sport, but a hissing nightmare cry.

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