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high-pitched

  [hahy-pitcht]
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–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.
Origin:
1585–95
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high-pitched   (hī'pĭcht')
adj.  

  1. High in pitch, as a voice or musical tone.

  2. Steeply sloped, as a roof.

  3. Marked by or indicating intense emotion: a high-pitched debate.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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