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outshrill

outshrill verb: to surpass in shrilling; to cry louder than.

Verb

outshrill (third-person singular simple present outshrills, present participle outshrilling, simple past and past participle outshrilled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in shrilling; to cry louder than.
    • 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.1967, Richard M. Elman, The 28th day of Elul, page 94
    • 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.2012, Wendy Perriam, The Stillness The Dancing

Forms of outshrill

third-person singular presentoutshrills
present participleoutshrilling
past participleoutshrilled
pastoutshrilled

Origin of outshrill

From out- + shrill.

Questions about outshrill

What does outshrill mean?
Outshrill means to surpass in shrilling; to cry louder than.
What part of speech is outshrill?
Outshrill is a verb.
What is the past tense of outshrill?
The past tense of outshrill is outshrilled.

Words near outshrill in the dictionary

  1. outshows
  2. outshriek
  3. outshrieked
  4. outshrieking
  5. outshrieks
  6. outshrill
  7. outshrilled
  8. outshrilling
  9. outshrills
  10. outshut
  11. outshuts

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