Thesaurus: shrill

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1. 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.
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.
5. adj. having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
6. adj. being sharply insistent on being heard
7. adj. of colors that are bright and gaudy
8. v. utter a shrill cry
9. 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. Shak. Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. Byron. A shrill sound. [Obs.] Spenser. 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. To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound. How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth. Shak.
10. Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercingtone or sound; -- said 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.
11. j:100 s. having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones s. of colors that are bright and gaudy