creaky
adjective /ˈkriː.ki/Definition
› describes something that creaks: a creaky hinge/chair/bed creaky floorboardsDescribing qualities of sound › UK describes something that is old-fashioned and not now effective: the creaky legal systemOld or old-fashionedThe elderly creakily /-kɪ.li/ adverb Describing qualities of sound creakiness /-nəs/ noun [U] Describing qualities of sound
(Definition of creaky adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Animal (non-human) sounds
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- Noises made by the body
- Perceptive
- Silence & quiet
- Smells & smelling
- Sound & its properties
- Sounds made by humans with their mouths
- Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
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- Touching & feeling
- Unable to feel anything
- Using the ears
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) clear as a bell idiom
- -pitched suffix
- bass adjective
- brassy adjective (SOUND)
- deep adjective (LOW)
- depth noun (LOW SOUND)
- discordant adjective
- harmonious adjective (MUSIC)
- hollowly adverb (SOUND)
- inaudible adjective
- low-pitched adjective
- melodic adjective
- pure adjective (NOT MIXED)
- rhythmic adjective
- shrill adjective
- sonorous adjective
- timbre noun
- tune noun (MUSICAL NOTES)
- tuneful adjective
- tuneless adjective
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