shrill
adjective
[ ʃrɪl ]
• (of a voice or sound) high-pitched and piercing.
• "a shrill laugh"
Similar:
high-pitched,
piercing,
high,
sharp,
ear-piercing,
ear-splitting,
air-rending,
penetrating,
shattering,
strident,
loud,
strong,
intrusive,
screeching,
shrieking,
screechy,
squawky,
shrill
verb
• make a shrill noise.
• "a piercing whistle shrilled through the night air"
shrill
noun
• a shrill sound or cry.
• "the shrill of a smoke detector filled the air"
Origin:
late Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Low German schrell ‘sharp in tone or taste’.
