shrĭl
To utter with a screech
To make a loud, sharp, piercing cry or sound, as certain animals, or a person in terror, pain, or laughter; screech
(UK, slang) Good.
Lofty; exalted
Cutting; sharp
calliopean
Of or relating to Calliope
Of crustaceans
An abnormally small person, often having limbs and features atypically proportioned or formed.
The definition of keen is something sharp or intense.
Characterized by such production of sounds
The definition of noisy is a loud person, thing or activity.
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Elevated in pitch
Sharp means having a point or edge that is good for cutting or a sudden change.
Harsh-sounding; shrill; grating
stridulous
Relating to or characterized by stridor.
The definition of vivid is something that is bright, intense or full of life.
Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively large number of sound-wave cycles per second:
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Rarefied, as air at high altitudes
highpitched
Elevated in pitch
Producing sound of high volume and intensity:
Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
Causing pain, especially because of cold:
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Characterized by the music of the “peaceful” pipe rather than of the “warlike” drums, trumpets, etc.; hence, peaceful or tranquil
Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions; sensitive:
Loud and shrill enough to hurt the ears:
clangorous
Making a clangor.
(Public health) serodiscordant
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The definition of cacophonus is having a harsh or annoying sound.
To laugh loudly or hysterically
A short, shrill sound
shrillness
(Countable) The result or product of being shrill.
stridor
(Medicine) A high-pitched sound heard on inspiration resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway usually indicative of serious airway obstruction.
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.
Harsh or rasping
To screech or creak
stridulation
A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.
Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.
Having low dissolved mineral content:
Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale:
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