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Definition of Shrill

1. Adjective. Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones. "A shrill gaiety"

2. Verb. Utter a shrill cry. "The woods shrill with many kinds of birds "

3. Adjective. Being sharply insistent on being heard. ; "Shrill criticism"

4. Adjective. Of colors that are bright and gaudy. "A shrill turquoise"

Definition of Shrill

1. a. Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.

2. n. A shrill sound.

3. v. i. To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.

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

Definition of Shrill

1. Adjective. High-pitched and piercing. ¹

2. Adjective. Sharp or keen to the senses. ¹

3. Verb. To make a shrill noise. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shrill

1. having a high-pitched and piercing quality [adj SHRILLER, SHRILLEST] : SHRILLY [adv] / to utter a shrill sound [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Shrill

1. To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound. "How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrill

shrievalty shrieve shrieved shrieves shrieving shrift shriftfather shrifts shright shrights

shrike shriked shrikelike shrikes shriking shrill (current term) shrilled shriller shrillest shrillier

shrilling shrilling(a) shrillness shrillnesses shrills shrilly shrimp shrimp-fish shrimp Newburg

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