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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. The cheering was so loud that even ear plugs wouldn’t have masked the shrill.
Define shriller. shriller synonyms, shriller pronunciation, shriller translation, English dictionary definition of shriller. adj. shrill·er , shrill·est 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 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”.
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.
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.
1. sharp and high-pitched in quality. 2. emitting a sharp high-pitched sound. verb. 3. to utter (words, sounds, etc) in a shrill tone. 4. (transitive) rare. to cause to produce a shrill sound.
Definition of shrill adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Contents. shrill definition: A shrill sound is very high, loud, and often unpleasant: . Learn more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of SHRILL. [also more shrill; most shrill] 1. : having a very loud, high-pitched sound. a shrill whistle/scream. 2. : loud and difficult to ignore but often unreasonable. shrill protests/accusations.
