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shrill

 (shrĭl)
adj. shrill·er, shrill·est
1. High-pitched and piercing in tone or sound: the shrill wail of a siren.
2. Producing a sharp, high-pitched tone or sound: a shrill fife.
3. Sharp or keen to the senses; harshly vivid: shrill colors.
v. shrilled, shrill·ing, shrills
v.tr.
To utter in a shrill manner; scream.
v.intr.
To produce a shrill cry or sound.
[Middle English shrille.]
shrill′ness n.
shril′ly adv.
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shrill

(ʃrɪl)
adj
1. sharp and high-pitched in quality
2. emitting a sharp high-pitched sound
vb
3. to utter (words, sounds, etc) in a shrill tone
4. (tr) rare to cause to produce a shrill sound
[C14: probably from Old English scralletan; related to German schrill shrill, Dutch schrallen to shriek]
ˈshrillness n
ˈshrilly adv
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shrill

(ʃrɪl)

adj. -er, -est,
v.
n., adv. adj.
1. high-pitched and piercing: a shrill cry.
2. producing or marked by shrill sound.
3. immoderate; strident.
4. marked by great intensity: shrill incandescent light.
v.t., v.i.
5. to cry shrilly.
n.
6. a shrill sound.
adv.
7. in a shrill manner; shrilly.
[1300–50; Middle English shrille (adj., v.); akin to Old English scrallettan to sound loudly]
shrill′ness, n.
shril′ly, adv.
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shrill


Past participle: shrilled
Gerund: shrilling

Imperative
shrill
shrill
Present
I shrill
you shrill
he/she/it shrills
we shrill
you shrill
they shrill
Preterite
I shrilled
you shrilled
he/she/it shrilled
we shrilled
you shrilled
they shrilled
Present Continuous
I am shrilling
you are shrilling
he/she/it is shrilling
we are shrilling
you are shrilling
they are shrilling
Present Perfect
I have shrilled
you have shrilled
he/she/it has shrilled
we have shrilled
you have shrilled
they have shrilled
Past Continuous
I was shrilling
you were shrilling
he/she/it was shrilling
we were shrilling
you were shrilling
they were shrilling
Past Perfect
I had shrilled
you had shrilled
he/she/it had shrilled
we had shrilled
you had shrilled
they had shrilled
Future
I will shrill
you will shrill
he/she/it will shrill
we will shrill
you will shrill
they will shrill
Future Perfect
I will have shrilled
you will have shrilled
he/she/it will have shrilled
we will have shrilled
you will have shrilled
they will have shrilled
Future Continuous
I will be shrilling
you will be shrilling
he/she/it will be shrilling
we will be shrilling
you will be shrilling
they will be shrilling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been shrilling
you have been shrilling
he/she/it has been shrilling
we have been shrilling
you have been shrilling
they have been shrilling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been shrilling
you will have been shrilling
he/she/it will have been shrilling
we will have been shrilling
you will have been shrilling
they will have been shrilling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been shrilling
you had been shrilling
he/she/it had been shrilling
we had been shrilling
you had been shrilling
they had been shrilling
Conditional
I would shrill
you would shrill
he/she/it would shrill
we would shrill
you would shrill
they would shrill
Past Conditional
I would have shrilled
you would have shrilled
he/she/it would have shrilled
we would have shrilled
you would have shrilled
they would have shrilled
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.shrill - utter a shrill cry
pipe, shriek, pipe up
cry, scream, shout out, yell, squall, shout, holler, hollo, call - utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
caterwaul, yowl - utter shrieks, as of cats
Adj.1.shrill - having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones ; "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety"
sharp
high-pitched, high - used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
2.shrill - being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism"
strident
imperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"
3.shrill - of colors that are bright and gaudy; "a shrill turquoise"
colorful, colourful - having striking color; "colorful autumn leaves"
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shrill

adjective
1. piercing, high, sharp, acute, piping, penetrating, screeching, high-pitched, ear-splitting, ear-piercing the shrill whistle of the engine
piercing deep, soft, soothing, velvety, mellifluous, dulcet, sweet-sounding, well-modulated, silver-toned
verb
1. ring, buzz, trill The phone shrilled nearby, making her jump.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

shrill

adjective
Elevated in pitch:
high, high-pitched, piercing, piping, shrieky, shrilly, treble.
Music: acute.
verb
To utter a long, loud, piercing cry, as of pain or fright:
screak, scream, screech, shriek.
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Translations
صَوْت حاد ومُجَلْجَل
pronikavý
hvellur, skrækur, skerandi
assgriezīgsspiedzīgs
rezek

shrill

[ʃrɪl]
A. ADJ (shriller (compar) (shrillest (superl))) [voice] → chillón, agudo; [sound] → estridente, agudo
B. VT → gritar (con voz estridente)
C. VI → chillar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shrill

[ˈʃrɪl]
adj
[voice, cry, whistle] → perçant(e), strident(e)
[protest, demand] → véhément(e)
vi [phone]
The phone shrilled → La sonnerie aiguë du téléphone a retenti.
vt [person] → crier d'une voix perçante
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shrill

adj (+er) → schrill; criticism, speech → scharf; demand → lautstark
vi → schrillen
vt → kreischen, schrill schreien
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shrill

[ʃrɪl] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (bell, sound) → acuto/a, penetrante; (laugh, voice) → stridulo/a; (demand, protest) → insistente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

shrill

(ʃril) adjective
high-pitched and piercing. the shrill cry of a child.
ˈshrilly adverb
ˈshrillness noun
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