Word "SHRILL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
Synonyms:
sharp
Examples:
a shrill whistle
a shrill gaiety

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
being sharply insistent on being heard
Synonyms:
strident
Examples:
shrill criticism

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
utter a shrill cry
Synonyms:
pipe, pipe up, shriek

Crossword Clues for SHRILL

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Like the sound of a traditional kettle
Piercing the small hill is a river (6)
Like a piercing sound
High pitched and coming from a quiet little stream (6)
A raucous 'Shut up and put the water on!'
Like the sound of microphone feedback
Piercing Wall Street Journal 05 Apr 2025
Piercing, a ... sound
Piercing and high pitched
Loud and high-pitched
High-pitched soprano has excited feeling with time gone (6)
Piercing, as a scream
High-pitched (6) Puzzler 04 Nov 2024
Strident Thomas Joseph 26 Jun 2024
High-pitched conman right in the middle (6)
Quiet stream getting loud (6)
High-pitched and piercing New York Times 06 Nov 2023
Strident The Telegraph Quick 09 Sep 2023
Like a high-pitched whistle Universal 03 Jun 2023
Piercingly high-pitched Universal 22 May 2023
High quiet stream The Guardian Cryptic 25 Apr 2022
High-pitched and sharp Irish Times Simplex 29 Mar 2022
Ear-piercing LA Times Daily 25 Dec 2021
High-pitched and sharp Irish Times Simplex 08 Dec 2021
Like the drone of cicadas Wall Street Journal 16 Oct 2021
High-pitched and sharp Irish Times Simplex 07 Oct 2021
High-pitched and sharp Irish Times Simplex 03 Aug 2021
High-pitched and sharp Irish Times Simplex 02 Jul 2021
Ear-piercing Wall Street Journal 12 Jun 2021
Piercingly loud Newsday 24 Mar 2021
Sharp slope initially for the Dubs overlooking bottom corner Irish Times Crosaire 02 Mar 2021
Piercing, strident The Times Concise 25 Feb 2021
Keen to immerse husband in southern brook
High-pitched and sharp Irish Times Simplex 12 Sep 2020
High-pitched and piercing Irish Times Simplex 07 Jul 2020
High-pitched and piercing The Telegraph Quick 11 May 2020
Hulu show starring Aidy Bryant Jonesin 21 Apr 2020
Keen husband dipped into small brook
Small hotel 'run poorly' – sounds harsh!
High in an irritating way LA Times Daily 14 Dec 2019
High in an irritating way The Washington Post 14 Dec 2019
Annoyingly piercing, as a voice
Sharp slope initially for the Dubs overlooking river Irish Times Crosaire 07 Oct 2019
High-pitched, piercing Irish Times Simplex 03 Aug 2019
Piercing The Telegraph Quick 28 Feb 2019
Siren-like Newsday 01 Sep 2018
Piercing Wall Street Journal 27 Aug 2018
Unpleasantly high-pitched Universal 21 May 2018
Piercing Eugene Sheffer 11 May 2018
Unpleasantly high-pitched
Piercing
Ear-splitting The Sun Two Speed 05 Dec 2017
Quiet little stream? Quite the reverse The Sun Two Speed 05 Dec 2017
Quiet small stream not at all quiet
Quiet little brook anything but quiet The Telegraph Cryptic 22 May 2017
High-pitched The Telegraph Quick 24 Mar 2017
Quiet running water becoming piercingly loud
Piercing, as a sound Universal 16 Mar 2016
Like an ear-piercing sound Universal 29 Feb 2016
Strident Thomas Joseph 24 Feb 2016
Like the sound of a siren New York Times 22 Jul 2015
Keen for mum to run off
Piercing LA Times Daily 25 Jan 2015
Like some bird calls LA Times Daily 04 Jan 2015
Like some bird calls
Like the sound of a siren
Piercing
Annoyingly high-pitched
Like high-pitched tones
Piercing
Piercing
Like a cicada's song
Like the sound of a teakettle
High-pitched
Piercing in tone
High in an annoying way
High in an annoying way
Like a katydid's song
Like many whistles
High-pitched
Like many whistles
Irritatingly high-pitched
Irritatingly high-pitched
Like a rebel yell
Like an ear-piercing sound
Screechy
Piercing, as a sound
High-pitched and piercing
Unpleasantly penetrating
Screechy
Piercing
High-pitched
Strident
Like a calliope
Strident.
Penetrating.
High-pitched.
Piercing.
Keen.
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