shrill
/ʃrɪl/
US pronunciation
American sound/ʃrɪl/
shrill
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- Vowel
- Short i vowel
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- Clear final sound
US voice -> shrill
Myanmar meaning
(adj) အသံစူးစူးရှရှ။ စူးစူးဝါးဝါး။ ကျယ်ကျယ်လောင်လောင်။ စူးစူးဝါးဝါး။
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၁။ (-er , -est) (အသံ) စူးစူးရှရှ။ စူးစူးဝါးဝါး။ a shrill cry/whistle ❍ shrill laughter.
၂။ (sometimes derog) ကျယ်ကျယ်လောင်လောင်။ shrill complaints/criticisms.
❏ shrilly /'ʃrÇlli/ adv စူးစူးဝါးဝါး။ scream/screech shrilly ❍ Her voice rose shrilly. shrillness n [U]
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piercing, high-pitched, strident, penetrating, harsh, sharp, acute, argute, blaring, blatant, cacophonous, clanging, clangorous, deafening, discordant, ear-piercing, earsplitting, high, hiss, holler, jarring, metallic, noisy, pipe, piping, raucous, screak, scream, scream bloody murder, screech, screeching, scritch, shout down, shriek, sibilate, sing out, siss, sissing, sound, squeak, squeal, swishing, thin, treble, trill, whirr, whistle, whoosh, yell, yip, yips
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