Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being shrill; acuteness of sound; high pitch and sharpness or fineness of tone or voice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being shrill.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The property of being
shrill . - noun countable The result or product of being
shrill .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses
- noun having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
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Examples
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What I find frustrating about your shrillness is precisely that it seems to be an objective in itself.
OCD 2009
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At any rate, McCain shrillness and inability to draw money, coverage and set an original agenda shows what a total dinosaur loser he is.
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The pitch of Londonistan may occasionally exceed that which is discernible to the human ear, but her shrillness is the result of a wholly justifiable anger that few people in power seem to be listening.
It is interesting that Sir George Young took the opportunity... 2006
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Re: the ostensible "shrillness" and "vitriol" that you feel obliged to draw attention to in every intervention you've made: It's a tailor-made (well, actually it's off the rack) journalistic cliche in any argument against a non-mainstream position to label it as shrill and so forth.
OCD 2009
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Notable about this election, (and a great disappointment to this partisan observer,) is the sheer 'shrillness' of the rhetoric.
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Not one comment about Hillary by Edwards, Dodd, Obama or the others on Tuesday had even the faintist whiff of sexism: nothing about "shrillness" or any other code word.
Hillary: They're Attacking Me Because I'm Winning, Not Over Gender 2009
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Not one comment about Hillary by Edwards, Dodd, Obama or the others on Tuesday had even the faintist whiff of sexism: nothing about "shrillness" or any other code word.
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However - no matter what criticisms can be leveled against Krugman for his "shrillness", as it's been called, no objective person could have read that op-ed and seriously believe he was advocating a bubble.
Defending what Paul Krugman Wrote, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Just like they want to butch-out or bitch-out Hillary with her "shrillness" or "ambition."
New Winger Attack: John Edwards Could Be Our "First Woman President" 2009
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Just like they want to butch-out or bitch-out Hillary with her "shrillness" or "ambition."
New Winger Attack: John Edwards Could Be Our "First Woman President" 2009
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