(of unpleasant noise)
91scrape — [skreɪp] verb I 1) [T] to remove something by pulling a hard tool across the surface it is on Scrape the mud off your boots before you come inside.[/ex] 2) [I/T] if a sharp edge or point scrapes a surface, or if you scrape it across the surface,… …
92squawk — [skwɔːk] verb [I] when a bird squawks, it makes a loud unpleasant noise in its throat squawk noun [C] …
93static — [ˈstætɪk] adj I something that is static does not move or change II noun [U] static [ˈstætɪk] the unpleasant noise that you hear on a radio, television, or telephone that is caused by electricity in the air …
94din — ► NOUN ▪ a prolonged loud and unpleasant noise. ► VERB (dinned, dinning) (din into) ▪ instil (information) into by constant repetition. ORIGIN Old English …
95wail like a banshee — wail/howl/scream/like a banshee phrase to make a lot of unpleasant noise by shouting or crying Thesaurus: to cry, or to start cryingsynonym Main entry: banshee …
96howl like a banshee — wail/howl/scream/like a banshee phrase to make a lot of unpleasant noise by shouting or crying Thesaurus: to cry, or to start cryingsynonym Main entry: banshee …
97scream like a banshee — wail/howl/scream/like a banshee phrase to make a lot of unpleasant noise by shouting or crying Thesaurus: to cry, or to start cryingsynonym Main entry: banshee …
98noiseless — noise ► NOUN 1) a sound, especially one that is loud, unpleasant, or disturbing. 2) continuous or repeated loud, confused sounds. 3) (noises) conventional remarks expressing some emotion or purpose. 4) technical irregular fluctuations… …
99Learned helplessness — is a psychological condition in which a human being or an animal has learned to act or behave helpless in a particular situation, even when it has the power to change its unpleasant or even harmful circumstance. Learned helplessness theory is the …
100literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
