Shrill synonyms

harsh

Severe or cruel.

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deafening

Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss

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blaring

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screech

To utter with a screech

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high-pitched

Lofty; exalted

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acute

Extremely sharp or severe; intense:

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stridulation

A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.

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pipe-up

(Rare) To call, awaken, or summon, as with a musical instrument.

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high (related)

Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively large number of sound-wave cycles per second:

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sounds (related)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sound

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piercing

Fixed and intense in appearance:

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screeching

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piping

High-pitched.

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earsplitting

Loud and shrill enough to hurt the ears:

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noisy

Making noise:

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loud (related)

Clamorous and insistent:

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faint (antonym)

Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.

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biting

Cutting; sharp

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calliopean

Of or relating to Calliope

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crustacean

Of crustaceans

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dwarf

An abnormally small person, often having limbs and features atypically proportioned or formed.

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keen

The definition of keen is something sharp or intense.

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nasal

Characterized by such production of sounds

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penetrating

Able to pierce or penetrate

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seafood

Elevated in pitch

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sharp

Sharp means having a point or edge that is good for cutting or a sudden change.

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sound

(UK, slang) Good.

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strident

Harsh-sounding; shrill; grating

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stridulous

Relating to or characterized by stridor.

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treble

High-pitched; shrill.

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vivid

The definition of vivid is something that is bright, intense or full of life.

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shriek

To make a loud, sharp, piercing cry or sound, as certain animals, or a person in terror, pain, or laughter; screech

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thin

Rarefied, as air at high altitudes

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blatant

Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.

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highpitched

Elevated in pitch

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clanging

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clangorous

Making a clangor.

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raucous

Harsh and rough-sounding.

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discordant

(Public health) serodiscordant

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cacophonous

The definition of cacophonus is having a harsh or annoying sound.

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soft (antonym)

Having low dissolved mineral content:

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low (antonym)

Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale:

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chirp

A short, shrill sound

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shrillness

(Countable) The result or product of being shrill.

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stridor

(Medicine) A high-pitched sound heard on inspiration resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway usually indicative of serious airway obstruction.

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shrieky

Inclined to shriek, or characterised by shrieks.

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shrilly

Elevated in pitch

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scream

To laugh loudly or hysterically

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pipe

Pipe is defined as to move a substance through a hollow cylinder, or to make sound by blowing on a wind instrument with a hollow tube.

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metallic

Harsh or rasping

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screak

To screech or creak

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plaintive (related)

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wail (related)

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muffle (related)

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tremulous (related)

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mournful (related)

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querulous (related)

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hoarse (related)

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