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Noun: shrillness  shril-nus
  1. The quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses
    "the shrillness of her hair colour"
     
  2. Having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
    - stridence, stridency

Derived forms: shrillnesses

See also: shrill

Type of: interest, interestingness, quality, timber, timbre, tone

Encyclopedia: Shrillness

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