shrilledadj.
/ʃrɪld/ rare.
1. Sounded shrilly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > making shrill sound
squealinga1400
shrill1508
pipinga1522
shrilling1566
shrill-bated1582
shirling1592
shrilledc1602
screaming1616
skirling1786
blatting1890
c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies ii. vi. sig. C4 For long shrild trumpets let your notes resound.
2. Made shrill.
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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
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 446 Look at my wrinkled face..listen to my shrilled voice.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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