Dictionary Entry
shrill
shrill is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, noun, transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.
- 2noun
A shrill sound.
- 3intransitive verb
To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.
- 4transitive verb
To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
- 5verb
utter a shrill cry
- 6adjective
of colors that are bright and gaudy
"a shrill turquoise"
- 7adjective
being sharply insistent on being heard
"strident demands"
"shrill criticism"
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- 8adjective
having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
"a shrill whistle"
"a shrill gaiety"
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