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7 entries found for shrill.
shrill ( P ) Pronunciation Key (shrl)
adj. shrill·er, shrill·est
High-pitched and piercing in tone or sound: the shrill wail of a siren.
Producing a sharp, high-pitched tone or sound: a shrill fife.
Sharp or keen to the senses; harshly vivid: shrill colors.

v. shrilled, shrill·ing, shrills
v. tr.
To utter in a shrill manner; scream.

v. intr.
To produce a shrill cry or sound.


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[Middle English shrille.]
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shrillness n.
shrilly adv.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.


shrill

\Shrill\, a. [Compar. Shriller; superl. Shrillest.] [OE. shril, schril; akin to LG. schrell, G. schrill. See Shrill,v. i.] Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.

Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds confused. --Shak.

Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. --Byron.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


shrill

\Shrill\, n. A shrill sound. [Obs.] --Spenser.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


shrill

\Shrill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrilling.] [OE. schrillen, akin to G. schrillen; cf. AS. scralletan to resound loudly, Icel. skr["o]lta to jolt, Sw. skr["a]lla to shrill, Norw. skryla, skr?la. Cf. Skirl.] To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.

Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark. --Spenser.

No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock. --Goldsmith.

His voice shrilled with passion. --L. Wallace.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


shrill

\Shrill\, v. t. To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.

How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth. --Shak.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


shrill

adj : high-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill whistle" [syn: piercing, sharp] v : utter a shrill cry [syn: shriek, screech, pipe up, pipe]


Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University


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