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



RESET




Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

coffee icon