shrill
/SH R IH1 L/noun
- 1
A shrill sound.
verb
- 1
To make a shrill noise.
adjective
- 1
High-pitched and piercing.
“The woods rang with shrill cries of the birds.”
- 2
Having a shrill voice.
- 3
Sharp or keen to the senses.
- 4
(especially of a complaint or demand) Fierce, loud, strident.
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