Shrill
Shrill , adjective
[Old English shril, schril; akin to LG. schrell, German schrill. See Shrill,v. i.]
Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.
Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give
To sounds confused.
Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high.
Shrill , noun
A shrill sound. [Obsolete] — Spenser
Shrill , intransitive verb
[Old English schrillen, akin to German schrillen; compare Anglo-Saxon scralletan to resound loudly, Icelandic skrolta to jolt, Swedish skralla to shrill, Norw. skryla, skr{not transcribed}la. Compare Skirl.]
To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.
Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark.
No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.
His voice shrilled with passion.
Shrill , transitive verb
To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth.