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Synonyms for SHRILLED: shrieked, screamed, squealed, yelled, screeched, howled, squalled, yelped; Antonyms of SHRILLED: whispered, muttered, murmured.
Adjective. The director’s early films play like yuppie action pictures, with shrill arguments in dark rooms standing in for traditional action set pieces.—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 27 June 2024 In the past, phones had only one sound: the shrill, continuous ring of a landline.—Krystal Hur, CNN, 23 June 2024. Noun.
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.
Word forms: comparative shriller , superlative shrillest , 3rd person singular present tense shrills, present participle shrilling, past tense, past participle shrilled. 1. adjective. A shrill sound is high-pitched and unpleasant. Shrill cries and startled oaths flew up around us as pandemonium broke out.
SHRILL definition: 1. having a loud and high sound that is unpleasant or painful to listen to: 2. used to describe a…. Learn more.
having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones. “a shrill whistle”. “a shrill gaiety”. synonyms: piercing, sharp. high, high-pitched. used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency. adjective. being sharply insistent on being heard. “ shrill criticism”.
in a way that is loud, high, and unpleasant or painful to listen to: The maid jumped and began to scream shrilly. Inside a child's bedroom a smoke alarm beeps shrilly. disapproving. in a way that is too forceful in its arguments or criticism: The media shrilly warn of impending chaos and anarchy.
Origin of shrill 1. 1300–50; Middle English shrille (adj., v.); akin to Old English scrallettan to sound loudly; cognate with German schrill (adj.), schrillen (v.); compare Old Norse skrīll rabble. Discover More.
Definition of shrill verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Alarm calls are in the form of a shrill whistle. If alarmed they utter a shrill loud whistle, and rush down the burrow, but reappear after a few minutes to see if the danger is past. Even the kitten gave a dreadfully shrill scream and at the same time Jim the cab-horse neighed loudly.
