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shrillness
 

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Noun shrillness has 1 sense
  1. shrillness, stridence, stridency - having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
    --1 is a kind of timbre, timber, quality, tone

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Shrillness

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1: The quality or characteristic of being high-pitched and piercing to the ears.

Example Sentence: The shrillness of the fire alarm woke up the entire neighborhood.

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Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1: Describing a loud and sharp sound that is high-pitched and piercing.

Example Sentence: The shrillness cry of the newborn baby filled the hospital room.

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