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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024shrill /ʃrɪl/USA pronunciation adj. - high-pitched and piercing:a shrill cry.
- annoyingly insistent or demanding;
strident:their shrill demands for change.
v. - to cry shrilly: [no object]to shrill at him.[~ + object]shrilling her anger at him.[used with quotations]"Right now!'' she shrilled.
n. [countable] - a shrill sound.
adv. - in a shrill manner;
shrilly.
shrill•ness, n. [uncountable] shril•ly, adv.: The phone rang shrilly. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shrill (shril),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, v., n., adv. adj. - high-pitched and piercing in sound quality:a shrill cry.
- producing such a sound.
- full of or characterized by such a sound:shrill music.
- betraying some strong emotion or attitude in an exaggerated amount, as antagonism or defensiveness.
- marked by great intensity;
keen:the shrill, incandescent light of the exploding bomb.
v.t., v.i. - to cry shrilly.
n. - a shrill sound.
adv. - in a shrill manner;
shrilly.
- 1300–50; Middle English shrille (adjective, adjectival, verb, verbal); akin to Old English scrallettan to sound loudly; cognate with German schrill (adjective, adjectival), schrillen (verb, verbal); compare Old Norse skrīll rabble
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