adjective, verb
adjective (shriller, shrillest)
1 (of sounds or voices) very high and loud, in an unpleasant way:
a shrill voice / whistle / laugh
2 loud and determined but often unreasonable:
shrill demands / protests / threats
shrilly adverb:
She laughed shrilly.
shrillness noun [U]
verb (written)
1 [V] to make an unpleasant high loud sound:
Behind him, the telephone shrilled.
2 [Vspeech] to say sth in a loud, high voice:
'Wait for me!' she shrilled.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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