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Shrillness

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Noun

1. shrillness

the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses

Example Sentences:
'the shrillness of her hair color'

2. shrillness, stridence, stridency

having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shrillness

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adjective
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

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Shrillness

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adjective
1. 
having or producing a high, thin, piercing tone; high-pitched
2. 
characterized or accompanied by shrill sounds
3. 
unrestrained and irritatingly insistent
4.  Archaic
keen; sharp; biting; poignant
adverb
5.  Rare
in a shrill manner
verb intransitive
6. 
to make a shrill noise or sound
verb transitive
7. 
to utter shrilly

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shrillness

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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 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.
v.intr.
To produce a shrill cry or sound.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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