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a granular metamorphic rock.
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Origin of shrill

1300–50; Middle English shrille (adj., v.); akin to Old English scrallettan to sound loudly; cognate with German schrill (adj.), schrillen (v.); compare Old Norse skrīll rabble

OTHER WORDS FROM shrill

shrill·ness, nounshril·ly, adverbout·shrill, verb (used with object)un·shrill, adjective

Words nearby shrill

shrieval, shrievalty, shrieve, shrift, shrike, shrill, shrimp, shrimp plant, shrimper, shrimpfish, shrine
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Words related to shrilled

squawk, wail, screech, whoop, howl, squeal, yelp, hoot, shriek, roar, blare, shout, holler, yell, blow, resonate, reflect, boom, resound, sing

Example sentences from the Web for shrilled

British Dictionary definitions for shrilled

shrill
/ (ʃrɪl) /

adjective

sharp and high-pitched in quality
emitting a sharp high-pitched sound

verb

to utter (words, sounds, etc) in a shrill tone
(tr) rare to cause to produce a shrill sound

Derived forms of shrill

shrillness, nounshrilly, adverb

Word Origin for shrill

C14: probably from Old English scralletan; related to German schrill shrill, Dutch schrallen to shriek
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