HIGH-PITCHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high-pitched mean? 

• HIGH-PITCHED (adjective)
  The adjective HIGH-PITCHED has 2 senses:

1. used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

2. set at a sharp or high angle or slant

  Familiarity information: HIGH-PITCHED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGH-PITCHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

Synonyms:

high; high-pitched

Similar:

adenoidal; nasal; pinched (sounding as if the nose were pinched)

altissimo (very high)

alto ((of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group)

alto; countertenor (of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor)

falsetto (artificially high; above the normal voice range)

peaky; spiky (having or as if having especially high-pitched spots)

sharp; shrill (having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones)

screaky; screechy; squeaking; squeaky; squealing (having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge)

soprano; treble (having or denoting a high range)

sopranino (higher in range than soprano)

tenor (of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice)

tenor ((of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass)

Attribute:

pitch (the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Set at a sharp or high angle or slant

Context example:

a high-pitched roof

Similar:

inclined (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position)

 Context examples 

A rare, inherited disorder marked by height that is shorter than average, a narrow face with redness and a rash, a high-pitched voice, and fertility problems.

(Bloom syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

It is brief, usually lasting for less than one minute, interrupting the speech and breathing and may produce a high-pitched breathing sound.

(Laryngospasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The human ear can detect a wide range of frequencies, from the low rumbles of distant thunder to the high-pitched whine of a mosquito.

(Hearing different frequencies, NIH)

He was no gentle lamb, and the part of second fiddle would never do for the high-pitched dominance of his nature.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And then, under this high-pitched, ringing sound there was another, more intermittent, a low, deep-chested laugh, a growling, throaty gurgle of merriment which formed a grotesque accompaniment to the shriek with which it was blended.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mrs. Crupp, after holding divers conversations respecting Peggotty, in a very high-pitched voice, on the staircase—with some invisible Familiar it would appear, for corporeally speaking she was quite alone at those times—addressed a letter to me, developing her views.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)