shrill

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. High-pitched and piercing.
2. Having a shrill voice.
3. Sharp or keen to the senses.
4. (derogatory, especially, figuratively) Fierce, loud, strident.

Verb

To make a shrill noise.

Noun

A shrill sound.

Sinonieme

piercing

high-pitched

sharp

strident

keen

loud

shriek

acute

high

shrilly

bright

trenchant

squeal

harsh

penetrating

pointed

scream

😱

biting

pungent

cutting

acrid

mordacious

mordant

acerb

lurid

squeaky

smart

squeak

waspish

clear

acerbic

screechy

acrimonious

pipe

pipe up

poignant

fly

✈️

edged

buzz

earsplitting

discriminative

bristly

deafening

dazzling

peaked

noisy

nipping

cuspidate

bray

nasty

Vertalings

schrill

snibbig

schel

estridente

perçant

agudo

aigu

scherp

strident

grell

stridulo

scharf

schril

bits

agudo

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ʃɹɪl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: schrille

Geërf van Old English: scill

Verwante met Middle English: skrīke

Verwante met Engels: shell

Verwante met Old English: scill

Verwante met Yslands: skella

Verwante met Nederduits: schrell

In summary

From Late Middle English schrille, shirle, shrille (“of a sound: high-pitched, piercing; producing such a sound”), possibly from the earlier shil, schille (“loud, resounding; high-pitched”), from Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”), of Germanic origin and probably ultimately imitative.
The r in the word was introduced by analogy to Middle English skrīke, skrīken, scrēmen, possibly to avoid confusion with non-Anglian forms of schelle (modern English shell) where Old English scill (“sonorous sounding”) and scill (“shell”) existed.
The word is cognate with Icelandic skella (“crash, bang, slam”), Low German schrell (“sharp in taste or tone”).