shrill
verb/ʃrɪl/
/ʃrɪl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they shrill | /ʃrɪl/ /ʃrɪl/ |
| he / she / it shrills | /ʃrɪlz/ /ʃrɪlz/ |
| past simple shrilled | /ʃrɪld/ /ʃrɪld/ |
| past participle shrilled | /ʃrɪld/ /ʃrɪld/ |
| -ing form shrilling | /ˈʃrɪlɪŋ/ /ˈʃrɪlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to make an unpleasant high loud sound
- Outside the wind shrilled through the trees.
- [transitive] + speech to say something in a loud, high voice synonym shriek
- ‘Wait for me!’ she shrilled.
Word Originlate Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Low German schrell ‘sharp in tone or taste’.
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