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Shrill
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What's The Definition Of Shrill?
[adj] high-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill whistle"
[v] utter a shrill cry Synonyms | Synonyms for Shrill: high | high-pitched | piercing | pipe | pipe up | screech | sharp | shriek Related Terms | Find terms related to Shrill: See Also | call | caterwaul | cry | holler | hollo | scream | shout | shout out | squall | yell | yowl Shrill In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Shrill\, n. A shrill sound. [Obs.] --Spenser. \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. \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. |
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