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Home Dictionary Name: shrillness

Shrill gorged

Having a throat which produces a shrill note...

Scream

To cry out with a shrill voice to utter a sudden sharp outcry or shrill loud cry as in fright or extreme pain to shriek to screech...

Catcall

A sound like the cry of a cat such as is made in playhouses to express dissatisfaction with a play also a small shrill instrument for making such a noise...

Cherup

To make a short shrill cheerful sound to chirp See Chirrup...

Chirk

To shriek to gnash to utter harsh or shrill cries...

Any species of the genus Cicada or of the family Cicadidae They are large hemipterous insects with nearly transparent wings The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen consisting of a pair of stretched membranes acted upon by powerful muscles A noted American species Cicada septendecim is called the seventeen year locust Another common species is the dogday cicada...

Clarion

A kind of trumpet whose note is clear and shrill...

Clary

To make a loud or shrill noise...

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