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outshrilling

outshrilling is the present participle and gerund of outshrill.

Meaning of outshrill

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

Questions about outshrilling

What is outshrilling the present participle and gerund of?
Outshrilling is the present participle and gerund of outshrill.

Words near outshrilling in the dictionary

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

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