Shrill
Equivalents
Examples
“[W]hen at laſt / I heard a voyce, which loudly to me called, / That with ſuddein ſhrill I was appalled.”
“The shrill of the whistle from the locomotive “Charlestown” announced the arrival of the first train⟳ into Fitchburg on 5 March⟳ 1845— [...]”
“Sonographic example of two consecutive loud shrills of a common marmoset, showing sound⟳ frequencies of harmonics reaching into the ultrasonic range.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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