shrillness


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shrill

 (shrĭl)
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.
[Middle English shrille.]
shrill′ness n.
shril′ly adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shrillness - the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses; "the shrillness of her hair color"
interestingness, interest - the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.); "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room"
2.shrillness - having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
stridence, stridency
timbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
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Translations
حِدَّة الصَّوْت
pronikavost
skingerhed
metszõ
skerandi tónn
tizlik

shrillness

[ˈʃrɪlnɪs] N [of voice] → lo chillón, lo agudo; [of sound] → estridencia f, lo agudo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shrillness

n → Schrillheit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shrillness

[ˈʃrɪlnɪs] n (of laugh, voice) → suono stridulo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

shrill

(ʃril) adjective
high-pitched and piercing. the shrill cry of a child.
ˈshrilly adverb
ˈshrillness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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