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Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash..

Shrill-tongued :: Shrill-tongued (a.) Having a shrill voice.

Shrill-gorged :: Shrill-gorged (a.) Having a throat which produces a shrill note.

Scream :: Scream (n.) A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech..

Shrill :: Shrill (n.) A shrill sound.

Clarion :: Clarion (n.) A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill..

Ear-splitting :: Ear-splitting (a.) Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains..

Cherup :: Cherup (v. i.) To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup..

Shriek :: Shriek (v. i.) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish..

Shrilly :: Shrilly (a.) Somewhat shrill.

Shrill :: Shrill (v. i.) Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound..

Screaming :: Screaming (a.) Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.

Strife :: Stridulous (a.) Making a shrill, creaking sound..

Clary :: Clary (v. i.) To make a loud or shrill noise.

Screech :: Screech (n.) A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow whistle..

Skirling :: Skirling (n.) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.

Scolder :: Scolder (n.) The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries.

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument, somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp, shrill tone..

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