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shright

shright is the simple past and past participle of shritch.

Meaning of shritch

Verb

shritch (third-person singular simple present shritches, present participle shritching, simple past and past participle shritched or shright)

  1. (obsolete) To screech, scream.
    • For shame, but more for feare of his grim sight,
      Downe in her lap she hid her face, and loudly shright.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Noun

shright (plural shrights)

  1. (obsolete) A shriek or shrieking; sobbing.
    • cruell Sprights, / That with their pitteous cryes, and yelling shrights, / They made the further shore resounden wide [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of shright

pluralshrights

Origin of shright

From Middle English, preterite of shritch.

Questions about shright

What does shright mean?
Shright means a shriek or shrieking; sobbing.
What is shright the simple past and past participle of?
Shright is the simple past and past participle of shritch.
What part of speech is shright?
Shright is a noun.
What is the plural of shright?
The plural of shright is shrights.

Words near shright in the dictionary

  1. shrift father
  2. shrift fathers
  3. shriftfather
  4. shriftfathers
  5. shrifts
  6. shright
  7. shrights
  8. Shrigley
  9. shrike
  10. shrike-babbler
  11. shrike-flycatcher

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shright (page history and authors); shritch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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