shrilling

shrill  (shrl)

adj. shrill·er, shrill·est

1. High-pitched and piercing in tone or sound: the shrill wail of a siren.

2. Producing a sharp, high-pitched tone or sound: a shrill fife.

3. Sharp or keen to the senses; harshly vivid: shrill colors.

v. shrilled, shrill·ing, shrills

v.tr.

To utter in a shrill manner; scream.

v.intr.

To produce a shrill cry or sound.

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[Middle English shrille.]

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shrillness n.

shrilly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shrilling - a continuing shrill noise; "the clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets"--P. J. Searles noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"