Meaning

1 senses

  1. A shrill sound.

Examples

19 sentences

  1. All at once, I heard a shrill cry.

    ruВнезапно я услышал пронзительный крик. — sharptoothed

    dePlötzlich hörte ich einen schrillen Schrei. — BraveSentry

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  2. All at once she began to shout in a shrill voice.

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  3. Tom has a shrill voice.

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  4. Tom gave a shrill cry.

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  5. Mary has a shrill voice.

    ruУ Мэри резкий голос. — marafon

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Origin

From Late Middle English schrille, shirle, shrille (“of a sound: high-pitched, piercing; p

From Late Middle English schrille, shirle, shrille (“of a sound: high-pitched, piercing; producing such a sound”), possibly from the earlier shil, schille (“loud, resounding; high-pitched”), from Old English sċill (“sonorous sounding”), of Germanic origin and probably ultimately imitative.

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Forms

plural: shrills
Singularshrill
Pluralshrills

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shrewdshriekshrikeshrimpB1shrine
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