screeching

a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

• “he ducked at the screechings of shells”
• “he heard the scream of the brakes”

sharp piercing cry

• “her screaming attracted the neighbors”

loud and sustained; shrill and piercing

• “hordes of screaming fans”
• “a screaming jet plane”
• “a screaming fury of sound”
• “a screeching parrot”
• “screeching brakes”
• “a horde of shrieking fans”
• “shrieking winds”