Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. To utter an acute piercing sound.
To cause to make a shrill sound.
A shrill sound.
1. Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.
2. To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.
To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
Having a throat which produces a shrill note.
Having a shrill voice.
Acuteness of sound; sharpness or fineness of voice.
The quality or state of being shrill.
Acutely, as sound; with a sharp sound or voice.
Stridor Roget’s Thesaurus §410
N. creak, creaking, discord, &c. 414, stridor, roughness, sharpness, &c. adj, cacophony, cacoepy, acute note, high note, soprano, treble, tenor, alto, falsetto, penny trumpet, voce di testa
V. creak, grate, jar, burr, pipe, twang, jangle, clank, clink, scream, yelp, buzz, set the teeth on edge, corcher les oreilles, pierce the ears, split the ears, split the head, offend the ear, grate upon the ear, jar upon the ear
Adj. creaking, stridulous, harsh, coarse, hoarse, horrisonous|, rough, gruff, grum, sepulchral, hollow, sharp, high, acute, shrill, trumpet-toned, piercing, ear-piercing, high-pitched, high-toned, cracked, discordant, cacophonous
Cry Roget’s Thesaurus §411
N. cry, voice, hubbub, bark, vociferation, outcry, hullabaloo, chorus, clamor, hue and cry, plaint, lungs, stentor
V. cry, roar, shout, bawl, brawl, halloo, halloa, hoop, whoop, yell, bellow, howl, scream, screech, screak, shriek, shrill, squeak, squeal, squall, whine, pule, pipe, yaup, cheer, hoot, grumble, moan, groan, snore, snort, grunt, vociferate, raise up the voice, lift up the voice, call out, sing out, cry out, exclaim, rend the air, thunder at the top of one's voice, shout at the top of one's voice, shout at the pitch of one's breath, thunder at the pitch of one's breath, s'gosiller, strain the throat, strain the voice, strain the lungs, give a cry &c
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