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shrillish

shrillish adjective: somewhat shrill.

Adjective

shrillish (comparative more shrillish, superlative most shrillish)

  1. Somewhat shrill.
    • September 20, 1856, Charles Dickens, Household Words
      I was startled by a rather shrillish voice from the other side of the gate […]

Forms of shrillish

comparativemore shrillish
superlativemost shrillish

Origin of shrillish

From shrill + -ish.

Questions about shrillish

What does shrillish mean?
Shrillish means somewhat shrill.
What part of speech is shrillish?
Shrillish is an adjective.

Words near shrillish in the dictionary

  1. shriller
  2. shrillest
  3. shrilling
  4. shrillingly
  5. shrillings
  6. shrillish
  7. shrillly
  8. shrillness
  9. shrillnesses
  10. shrills
  11. shrilly

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