Category:Shrill

Shrill, a. [compar. Shriller; superl. Shrillest.] Etym: [oe. shril, Schril; akin to lg. schrell, g. schrill. See shrill,v. i.]

Defn: acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing Tone or sound; -- said a sound, or of that which produces a sound. Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give to sounds confused. Shak. Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. Byron.

Shrill Shrill, n.

Defn: a shrill sound. [obs.] Spenser.

Shrill Shrill, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrilling.] Etym: [oe. schrillen, akin to g. schrillen; cf. As. scralletan to Resound loudly, icel. skrölta to jolt, sw. skrälla to shrill, norw. Skryla, skr. Cf. Skirl.]

Defn: to utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, Shrill tone; to become shrill. Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark. Spenser. No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock. Goldsmith. His voice shrilled with passion. L. Wallace.

Shrill Shrill, v. t.

Defn: to utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill Sound. How poor andromache shrills her dolors forth. Shak.