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1. (adj.) shrill
high-pitched and piercing:
a shrill cry.
2. shrill
producing or marked by shrill sound.
3. shrill
immoderate; strident.
4. shrill
marked by great intensity:
shrill incandescent light.
5. (v.i.) shrill
to cry shrilly.
6. (n.) shrill
a shrill sound.
7. (adv.) shrill
in a shrill manner; shrilly.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME shrille (adj., v.); akin to OE scrallettan to sound loudly)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) shrill, sharp
having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
"a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety"
2. (adj) strident, shrill
being sharply insistent on being heard
"strident demands"; "shrill criticism"
3. (verb) shrill
of colors that are bright and gaudy
"a shrill turquoise"
4. (verb) shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe
utter a shrill cry
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1. (adjective) shrill
unpleasantly high-pitched
a shrill voice
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) shrill
a shrill sound
2. (verb) shrill
acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound
3. (verb) shrill
to utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill
4. (verb) shrill
to utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound
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Sense: high-pitched and piercing
the shrill cry of a child.
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 Afrikaans: skril |
 Arabic: صَوْت حاد ومُجَلْجَل |
 Bulgarian: писклив |
 Brazilian: estridente |
 Czech: pronikavý |
 German: schrill |
 Danish: skingrende |
 Greek: οξύς, διαπεραστικός, στρι |
 Spanish: estridente, agudo |
 Estonian: läbilõikav |
 Farsi: صداي تيز وگوشخراش |
 Finnish: kimakka |
 French: criard |
 Hebrew: צוֹרמָנִי |
 Hindi: तीक्ष्ण |
 Croatian: kreštav, prodoran |
 Hungarian: éles |
 Indonesian: lengking, nyaring |
 Icelandic: hvellur, skrækur, skerand |
 Italian: acuto, stridulo |
 Japanese: かん高い |
 Korean: (목소리, 소리가) 높고 날카로운 |
 Lithuanian: šaižus, veriantis |
 Latvian: ass; spiedzīgs; griezīgs |
 Malay: nyaring |
 Dutch: schril |
 Norwegian: skjærende, skingrende |
 Polish: przenikliwy |
 Persian: صداي تيز وگوشخراش |
 Pashto: چيغنده، تېره ږغ |
 Portuguese: estridente |
 Romanian: strident |
 Russian: пронзительный |
 Slovak: prenikavý |
 Slovenian: rezek |
 Serbian: piskav |
 Swedish: gäll, genomträngande |
 Thai: เสียงแหลม |
 Turkish: tiz, keskin |
 Taiwanese: 尖聲的 |
 Ukrainian: різкий, пронизливий |
 Urdu: اونچی، جبھتی تیز آواز |
 Vietnamese: chói tai, nhức óc |
 Chinese: 尖声的 |
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