criardadj.
Shrill; ‘loud’; garish (cf. criant adj.).
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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > garish
violenta1522
garisha1568
savage1706
raw1763
criard1840
tranchant1841
flagrant1858
blaring1866
criant1876
screamy1882
screaming1883
raucous1919
shrieking1958
shrill1973
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective]
shillOE
brightOE
shrillc1386
sharp1390
keena1400
shirl1418
piercingc1425
acute1504
shrillish1583
shrilly1594
ear-piercinga1616
sonable1623
oxytonous1653
argute1719
snellc1730
chanticleering1786
criard1840
squealing1879
shrilled1880
bird-high1920
bleaty1925
stainless steel1963
1840 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. July 120/1 His pictures are chiefly effects of sunset and moonlight; of too criarde a colour as regards sun and moon.
1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 29 Nov. 1/7 His voice is high pitched and a little criarde.
1924 Blackwood's Mag. June 774/1 Man and label were equally criard.
1924 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 237/1 The palace furniture was equally criard.
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adj.1840