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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses;
- Example: "the shrillness of her hair color"

2. having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound;
[syn: shrillness, stridence, stridency]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shrillness \Shrill"ness\, n. The quality or state of being shrill. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shrillness n 1: the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses; "the shrillness of her hair color" 2: having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound [syn: shrillness, stridence, stridency]