Shrill Synonyms and Antonyms

shrĭl
High-pitched
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. sharp
Antonyms:
  1. low
  2. soft
To utter a long, loud, piercing cry, as of pain or fright
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shriek
  2. screak
  3. scream
  4. screech
  5. pipe-up
  6. pipe
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. chirp
  2. shrillness
  3. stridor
  4. stridulation

Words Related to Shrill

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Shrill Sentence Examples

  • Who gave orders? he said in his shrill, harsh voice.

  • Alarm calls are in the form of a shrill whistle.

  • Even the kitten gave a dreadfully shrill scream and at the same time Jim the cab-horse neighed loudly.

  • If alarmed they utter a shrill loud whistle, and rush down the burrow, but reappear after a few minutes to see if the danger is past.

  • Here, by the very corner of my field, still nearer to town, Zilpha, a colored woman, had her little house, where she spun linen for the townsfolk, making the Walden Woods ring with her shrill singing, for she had a loud and notable voice.

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