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    shrill
    [SHril]
    adjective
    shrill (adjective) · shriller (comparative adjective) · shrillest (superlative adjective)
    1. (of a voice or sound) high-pitched and piercing:
      "a shrill laugh"
      • derogatory
        (especially of a complaint or demand) loud and forceful:
        "a concession to their shrill demands"
    verb
    shrill (verb) · shrills (third person present) · shrilled (past tense) · shrilled (past participle) · shrilling (present participle)
    1. make a shrill noise:
      "a piercing whistle shrilled through the night air"
      • speak or cry with a shrill voice:
        "“For God's sake!” shrilled Jan"
    noun
    shrill (noun) · shrills (plural noun)
    1. a shrill sound or cry:
      "the shrill of a smoke detector filled the air"
    Origin
    late Middle English: probably an alteration of obsolete (apart from in regional use) shill ‘resonant, shrill’, with insertion of -r-.
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