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7 entries found for shrill. shrill ( P ) Pronunciation Key (shrl) adj. shrill·er, shrill·est High-pitched and piercing in tone or sound: the shrill wail of a siren. Producing a sharp, high-pitched tone or sound: a shrill fife. Sharp or keen to the senses; harshly vivid: shrill colors. v. shrilled, shrill·ing, shrills v. tr. To utter in a shrill manner; scream. v. intr. To produce a shrill cry or sound. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Middle English shrille.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- shrillness n. shrilly adv. Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. 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 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. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. shrill \Shrill\, n. A shrill sound. [Obs.] --Spenser. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. 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["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. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. 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. --Shak. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. shrill adj : high-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill whistle" [syn: piercing, sharp] v : utter a shrill cry [syn: shriek, screech, pipe up, pipe] Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University shrill ************************************************************** How can one BE shrill?? ************************************************************** --------------------- |
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