Shrill
15 definitions retrieved  Shrill \Shrill\, v. t. To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound. [1913 Webster] How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds confused. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. --Byron. [1913 Webster] Shrill \Shrill\, n. A shrill sound. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 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[aum]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. [1913 Webster] Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] His voice shrilled with passion. --L. Wallace. [1913 Webster]  shrill adj 1: having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones ; "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety" [syn: shrill, sharp] 2: being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism" [syn: strident, shrill] 3: of colors that are bright and gaudy; "a shrill turquoise" v 1: utter a shrill cry [syn: shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe]  shrill [ʃril] schrill  shrill [ʃril] perçant aigu; criard; strident; perçant  shrill erôszakos követelôdzô metszô tolakodó visító átható éles  shrill [ʃril] bits; snibbig krijsend; schel; schelklinkend; schril  shrill gell adj shrill lautstark; scharf adj shrill kreischen; schrill schreien shrill schrill; grell adj shrill schrillen  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "shrill": absonant, acute, argute, atonal, cacophonous, caterwaul, cracked, creak, creaky, diaphonic, disconsonant, discordant, disharmonic, disharmonious, dissonant, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, flat, grating, harsh, high, high-pitched, howl, howling, immelodious, inharmonic, inharmonious, keen, keening, musicless, nonmelodious, off, off-key, off-tone, out of pitch, out of tone, out of tune, penetrating, piercing, pipe, piping, raucous, reedy, screak, screaky, scream, screech, screeching, screechy, sharp, shriek, shrieking, shrieky, skirl, skreigh, sour, squawk, squeak, squeaking, squeaky, squeal, strident, thin, treble, tuneless, ululant, ululation, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical, untunable, untuned, untuneful, wail, wailing, whine, whining, whistle, whistling, yammer Shrill related |
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