shrill
IPA: ʃrˈɪɫ
noun
- A shrill sound.
verb
- To make a shrill noise.
adjective
- High-pitched and piercing.
- Having a shrill voice.
- Sharp or keen to the senses.
- (figuratively, derogatory, especially of a complaint or demand) Fierce, loud, strident.
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Examples of "shrill" in Sentences
- The call is a loud shrill scream.
- The shrill sound came from the valley.
- But the debate remains as shrill as ever.
- The song is a monotonous series of shrill notes.
- The complaint seems very shrill, and lacking evidence.
- Sure is irritating dealing with the abrasive and the shrill though.
- He is not a parapsychologist and merely a shrill critic of the field.
- All the usual technical characteristics, and the shrill style to boot.
- This article looks shrill and histrionic and theirs is very sophisticated.
- The male's call is a shrill whistle, and the female's is throatier whistle.
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