SHRILLNESS

shrillness, stridence, stridency

(noun) having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound

shrillness

(noun) the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses; “the shrillness of her hair color”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shrillness (countable and uncountable, plural shrillnesses)

(uncountable) The property of being shrill.

(countable) The result or product of being shrill.

Source: Wiktionary


Shrill"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being shrill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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