shrill /shril/

1. High-pitched and piercing
2. Keen
3. Excessively strident

1. Shrilly
2. Often in combination, as in Shakespeare's shrill-shriking

A piercing sound

To sound or cry shrilly

shrillˈing noun and adjective

shrillˈness noun

shrillˈy adjective

shrilˈly adverb

shrill-gorgedˈ adjective (Shakespeare)

Shrill-voiced

shrill-tonguedˈ adjective

shrill-voicedˈ adjective

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