SHRILLS Synonyms

• having an unpleasant sound

• not in agreement or harmony

• lacking in harmony

• a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

• a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

• optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

• set at a sharp or high angle or slant

• characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

• (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) indicating that said piece or segment should be played loudly

• with relatively high volume

• tastelessly showy

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

• extremely and sharply

• in a shrill voice

• a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

• sharp piercing cry

• sharp piercing cry

• a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

• Emitting a particularly harsh or shrill sound.

• Relating to stridor.

• a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco

• a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.

• a hollow cylindrical shape

• a tubular wind instrument

• the flues and stops on a pipe organ

• utter a shrill cry

• transport by pipeline

• play on a pipe

• trim with piping

• keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

• having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing

• (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

• a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

• changing suddenly in direction and degree

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• ending in a sharp point

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

• harsh

• having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

• dangerously steep

• very sudden and in great amount or degree

• quick and forceful

• sharp piercing cry

• a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

• utter a shrill cry

• begin to play or sing

• utter a shrill cry