けたたましい

i-adjective

piercing; shrill; loud; clamorous

Describes a sudden, sharp, and often unpleasant loud sound, such as a scream, alarm, or ringing. Carries a sense of being startling or ear-splitting.

• けたたましい警けい報ほうが鳴なり響ひびいた。

  A piercing alarm rang out.

• 彼かの女じょはけたたましい悲ひ鳴めいを上あげた。

  She let out a shrill scream.