Shrill (adjective)

High-pitched and piercing.

"The woods rang with shrill cries of the birds."

Shrill (adjective)

Having a shrill voice.

Shrill (adjective)

Sharp or keen to the senses.

Shrill (adjective)

Especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident.

Shrill (verb)

To make a shrill noise.

Shrill (noun)

A shrill sound.

Strident (adjective)

Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding

"The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra."

Strident (adjective)

Grating or obnoxious

"The artist chose a strident mixture of colors."

Strident (adjective)

Vigorous; making strides

Strident (noun)

One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.

"fricative"

Shrill (adjective)

Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; - said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.

Shrill (noun)

A shrill sound.

Shrill (verb)

To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.

Shrill

To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.

Strident (adjective)

Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.

Shrill (verb)

utter a shrill cry

Shrill (adjective)

high-pitched and sharp;

"piercing screams"

"a shrill whistle"

Strident (adjective)

conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry;

"blatant radios"

"a clamorous uproar"

"strident demands"

"a vociferous mob"

Strident (adjective)

unpleasantly loud and harsh