creaky
Making strained sounds
Creaky describes something that makes a harsh, squeaking sound when moved or stressed: creaky floorboards, a creaky door hinge, creaky joints.
The word extends to things that seem old, worn, or barely functional: a creaky bureaucracy, the creaky plot of an old movie.
A creaky voice is thin and strained.
Wooden panel underfoot
- stairStep between floors
- hingeMovable connecting joint
- doorHinged room barrier
- rocking-chairSeat on curved runners
bedspring · porch · gate · shutter · swing · ladder · drawer · cabinet
Low vocal expression of distress
- raspCoarse shaping tool
- screechHigh, harsh cry
- grateFramework of metal bars
- whineComplain in high pitch
moan · squeal · rattle · clatter · jangle · clank · scrunch · protest
Existing many years
- wornDamaged by use
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
- ricketyUnsteady, liable to collapse
decrepit · ramshackle · time-worn · antiquated · battered · rundown · shabby · deteriorated
Skeletal connection points
- kneesLeg joints with caps
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- backReverse side; support
- hipsLeg-torso joint areas
arthritis · stiff · achy · rheumatic · geriatric · elderly · aging · brittle
Occupied by ghosts
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
sinister · uncanny · atmospheric · suspenseful · chilling · shadowy · abandoned · desolate
floorboard
Wooden panel underfoot
rocking-chair · bedspring · porch · gate · shutter · swing · ladder · drawer · cabinet · bench
groan
Low vocal expression of distress
whine · moan · squeal · rattle · clatter · jangle · clank · scrunch · protest · strain
old
Existing many years
- wornDamaged by use
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
rickety · decrepit · ramshackle · time-worn · antiquated · battered · rundown · shabby · deteriorated · decayed
joints
Skeletal connection points
hips · arthritis · stiff · achy · rheumatic · geriatric · elderly · aging · brittle · sore
haunted
Occupied by ghosts
foreboding · sinister · uncanny · atmospheric · suspenseful · chilling · shadowy · abandoned · desolate · mysterious
- sound qualitiesloudness, pitch, tone, faintness, clarity
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- outdatedobsolete, outdated, out of date, dated, outmoded
- conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions
- consonantsd, h, q, r, w
- inefficiencyinefficient, wasteful, unproductive, ineffective, suboptimal
- creaky jointsNoisy skeletal connections
- creaky floorsNoisy walking surface
- creaky knees
- creaking floorsNoisy walking surfaces
- creaky voiceLow, popping phonation type
- door creakSound from worn hinges
creak, creaking, creaky voice, creaks, creaked, creakier, creakily, creakiest, creakiness