Shrillness

2 definitions found

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

  Shrillness \Shrill"ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being shrill.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  shrillness
       n : having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound [syn: {stridence},
            {stridency}]