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Definition of 'shrill'English
Adjective
( er)
High-pitched and piercing.
- She spoke in a shrill voice.
* Shakespeare
- Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give / To sounds confused.
* Byron
- Let winds be shrill , let waves roll high.
Sharp or keen to the senses.
Verb
( en-verb)
To make a shrill noise.
* Spenser
- Break we our pipes, that shrill'd loud as lark.
* Goldsmith
- No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.
* L. Wallace
- His voice shrilled with passion.
Noun
( en-noun)
A shrill sound.
- (Spenser)
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