Chirk: alternatives and connections

Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.

The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.

To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out.

The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.

One who cries; one who makes proclamation.

To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with crie…

Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh.

To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth.

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To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by r…

That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh.

Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.

To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.

One who cries out or gives an alarm; specifically, a balker; a conder. See Balker.

A rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh sounds.

Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.

Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal.