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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | shrill, piercing, sharp | Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones |
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| 2 | shrill, strident | Sharply insistent on being heard | |
| 3 | shrill | Of colors that are bright and gaudy | |
| VERB | 1 | shrill, shriek, pipe up, pipe | Utter a shrill cry |
| Sounds | shrih'l |
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| Rhymes | Advil, anthill, Asheville, and 98 more rhymes in ihl... |
| Meaning | Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones . |
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| Examples | "a shrill whistle"; " a shrill gaiety" |
| Synonyms | piercing, sharp |
| Similar to | high, high-pitched |
| Nouns | shrillness |
| Adverbs | shrilly |
| Meaning | Sharply insistent on being heard. |
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| Examples | "shrill criticism" |
| Synonyms | strident |
| Similar to | imperative |
| Meaning | Of colors that are bright and gaudy. |
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| Examples | "a shrill turquoise" |
| Similar to | colorful, colourful |
| Nouns | shrillness |
| Meaning | Utter a shrill cry. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Model | The birds shrill in the woods; The woods shrill with many kinds of birds |
| Synonyms | shriek, pipe up, pipe |
| Broader | shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall |
| Narrower | yowl, caterwaul |
| Nouns | shrilling |
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