(of unpleasant noise)
21sound - noise — ◊ used as count nouns A sound is something that you can hear. If it is unpleasant or unexpected, you refer to it as a noise. You say that machinery makes a noise. People and animals can also make noises. A sudden noise made Brody jump …
22Interfering noise — Interfering noises(or interfering sounds) are sounds with a negative sound quality, that is,the sound event leads to a hearing event, which is perceived asunpleasant, disturbing and interfering. This sound event usuallyreleases negative… …
23white noise — N UNCOUNT White noise is sound, especially of a loud, continuous, or unpleasant kind, that seems to have no pattern or rhythm. They were made to listen to white noise, such as static of the sort you might pick up between radio stations …
24made a terrible noise — made an unpleasant sound …
25Definition of music — How to define music has long been the subject of debate; philosophers, musicians, and, more recently, various social and natural scientists have argued about what constitutes music. The definition has varied through history, in different regions …
26screech — verb 1 (I, T) to make a very unpleasant, high noise with your voice, especially because you are angry (+ at): She screeched at me to take off my muddy shoes. 2 (I) if a vehicle or its wheels screech, they make a high loud unpleasant noise: The… …
27screech — [ skritʃ ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make a loud, high, and unpleasant cry, especially when you are upset: SHRIEK: We tried to calm her, but she just screeched more loudly. 2. ) intransitive to make a loud, high, and unpleasant… …
28screech — UK [skriːtʃ] / US [skrɪtʃ] verb Word forms screech : present tense I/you/we/they screech he/she/it screeches present participle screeching past tense screeched past participle screeched 1) [intransitive/transitive] to make a loud, high, and… …
29grinding — grind|ing [ˈgraındıŋ] adj [only before noun] 1.) very difficult and unpleasant, and never seeming to improve ▪ a country devastated by civil war and grinding poverty 2.) a grinding noise is the continuous unpleasant noise of machinery parts… …
30blare — blare1 [ bler ] verb intransitive or transitive to make a loud and unpleasant noise: Huge trucks roared past with their horns blaring. blare out: Their radio has been blaring out that awful music all day. blare blare 2 [ bler ] noun singular… …
