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Definition of: shrill
(shril) adjective
1. Having a high and piercing quality; sharp and piercing, as a sound.
2. Emitting a sharp, piercing sound.
3. Poetic Sharp to other senses than that of hearing; keen.
—v.t. To cause to utter a shrill sound.
—v.i. To make a shrill sound.
—adverb Shrilly. [<Gmc. Cf. LG schrell having a sharp tone.]
—shrill′ness noun
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