shrill

[Shrill]

A shrill sound is high pitched and sharp, like the squeak of the mouse in your cupboard or the sound of your “eek” when you hear it.

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

Verb
utter a shrill cry

Adjective S.
high-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill whistle"

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.

n.
A shrill sound.

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

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

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 a sound, or of that which produces a sound.

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

Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high.

Shrill

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

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'94lta to jolt, Sw. skr'84lla to shrill, Norw. skryla, skrla. 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.

No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.

His voice shrilled with passion.

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.

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

A shrill sound.

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

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

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Usage Examples

Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, it's usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar.

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