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What is another word for shrill?

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Adjective

Having a pitch or frequency at the upper end of the auditory range

Making or characterized by a noisy outcry

Having a displeasingly thin, metallic sound

Severe or intense, especially in a painful or unpleasant way

Verb

To make a shrill sound or noise

To make a loud cry or shriek

To make a whirring or hissing sound

To make a high-pitched sound or cry

To say in a harsh, grating voice

To emit or cause to emit sound

Noun

A loud cry or wail

A short, high-pitched sound or cry

A harsh, grating voice or call

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Adjective

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Having a pitch or frequency at the upper end of the auditory range

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“The man lifted a whistle that hung around his neck and blew into it, causing a sharp, shrill sound to be emitted.”

Adjective

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Making or characterized by a noisy outcry

laying it on the line

straight from the shoulder

calling spade a spade

not afraid to call a spade a spade

bare-faced

categorical

saying what one thinks

straight to the point

plain-speaking

true to life

to the point

speaking as one finds

on the level

straight-from-the-shoulder

not beating around the bush

flat-out

dinkum

not beating about the bush

speaking straight from the shoulder

not pulling any punches

open-and-shut

telling it like it is

meaning what one says

no beating around the bush

calling a spade a spade

critical

hard-hitting

brief and to the point

not mincing one's words

unfavorable^US

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Adjective

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Having a displeasingly thin, metallic sound

Adjective

Severe or intense, especially in a painful or unpleasant way

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

knock-down-and-drag-out

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

easier said than done

labored^US

laboured^UK

like getting blood out of a stone

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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Verb

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To make a shrill sound or noise

“She was deep in thought, re-examining the facts, when the phone on her desk started to shrill.”

Verb

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To make a loud cry or shriek

clamour^UK

clamor^US

call at the top of one's voice

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“The child's terrified scream caused the bird to shrill in response.”

Verb

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To make a whirring or hissing sound

Verb

To make a high-pitched sound or cry

Verb

To say in a harsh, grating voice

Verb

To emit or cause to emit sound

clamour^UK

clamor^US

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Noun

A loud cry or wail

clamour^UK

clamor^US

clamouring^UK

clamoring^US

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Noun

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A short, high-pitched sound or cry

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Noun

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A harsh, grating voice or call

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