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High Shrill Loud Unpleasant Shrilled Adjective, Verb Bre /ʃrɪl/Name /ʃrɪl Adjective

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adjective, verb BrE /ʃrɪl/NAmE /ʃrɪl/

adjective


(shrill•er, shrill•est)1 (of sounds or voices) very high and loud, in an unpleasant way piercinga shrill voice

2 loud and determined but often unreasonableshrill demands/protests

 shrilly/BrE ˈʃrɪlli; NAmE ˈʃrɪlli/ adverbShe laughed shrilly.shrill•ness/BrE ʃrɪlnəs; NAmE ʃrɪlnəs/ noun [uncountable]

verb

1 [intransitive] to make an unpleasant high loud soundBehind him, the telephone shrilled.

2 [transitive] + speech to say sth in a loud, high voice shriek‘Wait for me!’ she shrilled.


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