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Meaning of outshrill | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To surpass in shrilling; to cry louder than.

transitive

Examples

“Once again she had been stricken, beaten down, so violated that to give⟳ utterance to her feelings might have⟳ outshrilled all the criers in hell.”
“For one terrifying moment, she felt nothing beneath her feet; empty space whirling round and past her, the slang and heckle of the wind outshrilling her own⟳ shriek of fear.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

outshrilled outshrilling outshrills outshut outshuts outshutting

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