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

1. intransitive verb. Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.
2. noun. A shrill sound.
3. intransitive verb. To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.
4. transitive verb. To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
5. verb. utter a shrill cry

   Synonyms: pipe, shriek

6. adjective. of colors that are bright and gaudy

   "a shrill turquoise"

7. adjective. being sharply insistent on being heard

   "strident demands"

   "shrill criticism"

   Synonyms: strident

8. adjective. having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

   "a shrill whistle"

   "a shrill gaiety"

   Synonyms: sharp

Synonyms

pipe, shriek, strident, sharp

Common word forms

shrills, shrilled, shriller, shrillest, shrilling, shrillness

Words from these letters

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