shrill

1. 1.

   utter a shrill cry

   Synonymsshriekpipe uppipe

   Broadershout

   Narroweryowl

Other forms of shrill

past tense

shrilled·

present participle

shrilling·

third person

shrills·

comparative

shriller·

superlative

shrillest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shrill

What does shrill mean?

shrill means "having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shrill?

shrill has 1 syllable: shrill. In IPA it is /ˈʃɹɪl/.

What is another word for shrill?

Close synonyms include sharp, strident, shriek, pipe up, pipe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shrill a common word?

shrill is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.