Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Shrill
shrill, adj. [ME, related to Gr. 'of sharp tone or taste'.]
- Sharp; piercing; making a long high-pitched sound; [possibly adverbial] intensely; sharply; piercingly; keenly; excruciatingly.
- Piping; penetrating; thrilling; acute; loud and high; [fig.] trilling; whistling.
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