grell

Meaning

  1. glaring, lurid (of light)
  2. loud, garish (of colour)
  3. shrill

Frequency

31k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bländig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

blaarig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡʁɛl/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German grel (“angry, violent”), a derivative of grellen (“to cry loudly, scream”). More at grill.

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