creaky

About 0.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Tending to creak.
2. adjective Worn down by overuse; decrepit.
3. adjective arthritic or rheumatic.
4. adjective Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds.

   creaky tone

Similar words

creaking screaky noisy worn decrepit run-down woebegone unhealthy rheumatoid rheumatic

Often followed by

old voice wooden and stairs door floors chair steps

Word family

creakier creakiest creakily creakiness creakinesses