shrill
[adjective]
Synonyms: piercing, high, penetrating, sharp

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English Thesaurus: high, tall, majestic, soaring, towering, ...

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I. shrill¹ /ʃrɪl/ adjective

1. a shrill sound is very high and unpleasant:
‘That’s not true,’ she protested in a shrill voice.
a shrill whistle
Fran uttered a shrill scream.

2. shrill complaints, criticism, demands etc are too loud or strong and seem unreasonable:
He hated the shrill demands of the children.
—shrillness noun [uncountable]
—shrilly /ˈʃrɪl-li, ˈʃrɪli/ adverb

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II. shrill² verb

1. [intransitive] written to produce a very high and unpleasant sound:
The telephone shrilled twice.

2. [transitive] to say something in a very high voice:
‘I hate you!’ she shrilled.

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high measuring a long distance from the bottom to the top – used about mountains, walls, and buildings:
the highest mountain in the world
The castle was surrounded by high walls.
a high cliff
The council told the architects the tower was too high.
tall high – used about people, trees, plants, and buildings. Tall is used especially about things that are high and narrow:
tall marble columns
A cat was hiding in the tall grass.
a tall modern building
majestic especially written very impressive because of being very big and tall – used about mountains, buildings, trees, and animals:
the majestic mountains of the Himalayas
The abbey is noted for its majestic arches, fine doorways and elegant windows.
The cathedral looked majestic in the evening light.
soaring [only before noun] especially written used about a building or mountain that looks extremely tall and impressive:
a soaring skyscraper
the soaring towers of the palace
towering [only before noun] especially written extremely high, in a way that seems impressive but also often rather frightening:
The sky was shut out by the towering walls of the prison.
towering trees
lofty [usually before noun] literary very high and impressive – used in literature:
the lofty peaks in the far distance
high-rise [usually before noun] a high-rise building is a tall modern building with a lot of floors containing apartments or offices:
a high-rise apartment block
He works in a high-rise office in New York.
tall person/tree/plant/building/tower/statue
high-pitched higher than most sounds or voices:
He has a rather high-pitched voice.
Bats make high-pitched squeaks.
the high-pitched whine of a dentist's drill
shrill high and unpleasant:
Her voice became more shrill.
The bird has rather a shrill cry.
piercing extremely high and loud, in a way that is unpleasant:
a piercing scream
Suddenly I heard a piercing whistle.
squeaky making very high noises that are not loud:
a squeaky gate
squeaky floorboards
a squeaky little voice

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