'Shrill' definitions:
Definition of 'shrill'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones ; "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety" [syn: shrill, sharp]
adjective
Being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism" [syn: strident, shrill]
adjective
Of colors that are bright and gaudy; "a shrill turquoise"
verb
Definition of 'Shrill'
From: GCIDE
- Shrill \Shrill\, n. A shrill sound. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shrill'
From: GCIDE
- Shrill \Shrill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrilling.] [OE. schrillen, akin to G. schrillen; cf. AS. scralletan to resound loudly, Icel. skr["o]lta to jolt, Sw. skr[aum]lla to shrill, Norw. skryla, skr?la. Cf. Skirl.] To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill. [1913 Webster]
- Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- His voice shrilled with passion. --L. Wallace. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shrill'
From: GCIDE
- Shrill \Shrill\, a. [Compar. Shriller; superl. Shrillest.] [OE. shril, schril; akin to LG. schrell, G. schrill. See Shrill,v. i.] Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound. [1913 Webster]
- Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds confused. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shrill'
From: GCIDE
- Shrill \Shrill\, v. t. To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound. [1913 Webster]
- How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shrill'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absonant,
- acute,
- argute,
- atonal,
- cacophonous,
- caterwaul,
- cracked,
- creak,
- creaky,
- diaphonic,
- disconsonant,
- discordant,
- disharmonic,
- disharmonious,
- dissonant,
- ear-piercing,
- ear-splitting,
- flat,
- grating,
- harsh,
- high,
- high-pitched,
- howl,
- howling,
- immelodious,
- inharmonic,
- inharmonious,
- keen,
- keening,
- musicless,
- nonmelodious,
- off,
- off-key,
- off-tone,
- out of pitch,
- out of tone,
- out of tune,
- penetrating,
- piercing,
- pipe,
- piping,
- raucous,
- reedy,
- screak,
- screaky,
- scream,
- screech,
- screeching,
- screechy,
- sharp,
- shriek,
- shrieking,
- shrieky,
- skirl,
- skreigh,
- sour,
- squawk,
- squeak,
- squeaking,
- squeaky,
- squeal,
- strident,
- thin,
- treble,
- tuneless,
- ululant,
- ululation,
- unharmonious,
- unmelodious,
- unmusical,
- untunable,
- untuned,
- untuneful,
- wail,
- wailing,
- whine,
- whining,
- whistle,
- whistling,
- yammer