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   shrill

   /ʃrɪl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a voice or sound) high-pitched and piercing: "a shrill laugh"
   • ▪ (especially of a complaint or demand) loud and forceful: "a concession to their shrill demands"

   verb

   • 1. make a shrill noise: "a piercing whistle shrilled through the night air"
   • ▪ speak or cry with a shrill voice: "‘How dare you!’ she shrilled"

   noun

   • 1. a shrill sound or cry: "the shrill of a smoke detector filled the air"

   Word Origin late Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Low German schrell ‘sharp in tone or taste’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shrillness noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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