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Webster 1913 Edition


Shrillness

Shrill′ness

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Noun.
The quality or state of being shrill.

Webster 1828 Edition


Shrillness

SHRILL'NESS

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Noun.
Acuteness of sound; sharpness or fineness of voice.

Definition 2024


shrillness

shrillness

English

Noun

shrillness (countable and uncountable, plural shrillnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being shrill.
    The shrillness of her voice made people's ears hurt, or so they claimed.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being shrill.