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- [hahy-pitcht]
- /haɪ ˈpɪtʃt/
- /haɪ pɪtʃt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahy-pitcht]
- /haɪ ˈpɪtʃt/
Definitions of high-pitched word
- adjective high-pitched Music. played or sung at a high pitch. 1
- adjective high-pitched emotionally intense: a high-pitched argument. 1
- adjective high-pitched (of a roof) having an almost vertical slope; steep. 1
- adjective high-pitched A high-pitched sound is shrill and high in pitch. 0
- adjective high-pitched pitched high in volume or tone 0
- adjective high-pitched (of a roof) having steeply sloping sides 0
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Origin of high-pitched
First appearance:
before 1585 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for High-pitched
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
high-pitched popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for high-pitched
adj high-pitched
- shrill — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- piercing — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- acute — An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'café'.
- clarion — a four-foot reed stop of trumpet quality on an organ
- shrieky — a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
Antonyms for high-pitched
adj high-pitched
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- low — to utter by or as by lowing.
- soft — yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
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