shrill

About 1.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective High-pitched and piercing.

   The woods rang with shrill cries of the birds.

2. adjective Having a shrill voice.
3. adjective Sharp or keen to the senses.
4. adjective Especially of a woman: fierce, loud, strident.
5. verb To make a shrill noise.
6. noun A shrill sound.

Similar words

screech shriek high-pitched pipe up piercing high sharp pipe strident stark

Often followed by

voice and whistle cry cries voices scream sound notes

Word family

shrilled shriller shrillest shrilling shrillness shrillnesses shrills shrilly