High-pitched means sounding thin and squeaky, near the top of the voice. A whistle, a scream, a small child.
It describes sound rather than volume, since a high-pitched noise can be quiet and still unbearable. Hearing loss usually takes the high frequencies first, which is why some older people cannot hear a device that is deafening to a teenager. The word also describes roofs, where a high-pitched roof is steeply angled, and that sense has nothing to do with sound at all.
1adjectivehigh-pitchedHaving a high frequency of sound.
“There was a high-pitched whine coming from the fridge.”
Also accepted in games: shrill
Practised in A Man Called Ove
First appears in chapter 7 of A Man Called Ove.
Practise this word