Synonyms for shrill

Most common

high-pitched · piercing · treble · strident

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Adjective

Antonyms

deep, low-pitched, soft

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   High-pitched and piercing.

   The woods rang with shrill cries of the birds.

Related words

Word family

shrillness shrilly

Example sentences

• piercing He hid his belly button piercing from his parents.
• treble He can't even tell a treble clef from a bass clef.
• strident I don't like their music; I find the singer's voice strident.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

high¹

5 letters

sharp¹, acute²

6 letters

piping², treble²

8 letters

piercing², strident²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (acute² = 2 syllables).