1. Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
   "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety"
   - sharp 
2. Being sharply insistent on being heard
   "shrill criticism"
   - strident 
3. Of colours that are bright and gaudy
   "a shrill turquoise"

1. Utter a shrill cry
   - shriek, pipe up, pipe

Derived forms: shriller, shrills, shrillest, shrilled, shrilling

See also: colorful [US], colourful [Brit, Cdn], high, high-pitched, imperative, shrilling, shrillness, shrilly

Type of: call, cry, holler, hollo [non-standard], scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell

Encyclopedia: Shrill

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