- 1(of sounds or voices) very high and loud, in an unpleasant way synonym piercing a shrill voice
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- 2loud and determined but often unreasonable shrill demands/protests
NAmE//ˈʃrɪlli//
adverb She laughed shrilly. noun [uncountable]See shrill in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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