Shrill

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shrill \Shrill\, v. t.
     To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a
     shrill sound.
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           How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth. --Shak.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give
           To sounds confused.                      --Shak.
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           Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. --Byron.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shrill \Shrill\, n.
     A shrill sound. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark.
                                                    --Spenser.
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           No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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           His voice shrilled with passion.         --L. Wallace.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shrill
       adj : high-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill
             whistle" [syn: {piercing}, {sharp}]
       v : utter a shrill cry [syn: {shriek}, {pipe up}, {pipe}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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