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What is the adjective for shrilling?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb shrill which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

shrill
shriller
  1. comparative form of shrill: more shrill
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The commander seemed to become shriller and more strident the more I held my tongue in check and treated the board of inquiry with respect.”
      “The harder you blow or the smaller the hole, the shriller the whistle.”
      “The landlady grew all the shriller at that, and silenced my mother impatiently.”
shrillest
  1. superlative form of shrill: most shrill
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The ear seizes the most unseizable sounds in the midst of the shrillest noises.”
      “The women's tongues were the worst, their voices the shrillest, the things they said the ones that stuck in the memory most.”
      “The d.j.s liked to start their sets with the shrillest, crudest songs in order to scandalize the classical crowd.”
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