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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]