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adjective | verb shrillshrill1 /ʃrɪl/ adjective THESAURUSsound► high near the top of the range of sounds that humans can hear: I can’t sing the high notes. ► high-pitched higher than most sounds or voices: Laura still has the high-pitched voice of a little girl. ► piercing very high and loud in a way that shocks you or hurts your ears: He could never forget the woman’s piercing scream. ► sharp high, sudden, and loud: She gave a sharp cry of pain. ► shrill high and unpleasant: The speaker’s shrill voice was giving me a headache. ► squeaky making very high noises that are not loud: He tried to tiptoe across the squeaky floorboards. 1a shrill sound is very high and not nice to listen to SYN piercing: his aunt’s shrill voice the shrill whistle of the train► see thesaurus at high12shrill words express repeated, often unreasonable complaints or criticism: the media’s shrill criticism of the policy—shrillness noun [uncountable]—shrilly adverb adjective | verb shrillshrill2 verb especially literary VERB TABLEshrill |
Present | I, you, we, they | shrill | | he, she, it | shrills | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | shrilled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have shrilled | | he, she, it | has shrilled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had shrilled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will shrill | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have shrilled |
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Present | I | am shrilling | | he, she, it | is shrilling | | you, we, they | are shrilling | Past | I, he, she, it | was shrilling | | you, we, they | were shrilling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been shrilling | | he, she, it | has been shrilling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been shrilling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be shrilling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been shrilling |
1[intransitive, transitive] to say something in a very high voice: “Stop it!” she shrilled.2[intransitive] to produce a very high sound that is not nice to listen to |