SHRILL, SHRILL-VOICED
ADJECTIVES
1592 — SHIRLING shrill-sounding → obs.
1611 — STRIDULOUS producing a shrill grating sound
1616 — EAR-PIERCING so shrill or loud as to hurt the ears
1656 — STRIDENT making a harsh, grating or creaking noise; loud and harsh, shrill
1731 — CLARISONOUS shrill-sounding, loud ; having a clear sound
1761 — EAR-SPLITTING so shrill or loud as to hurt the ears
1785 — SKIRLING shrill-sounding, shrieking, screaming
1869 — SCREIGH shrill, screeching → Sc.
1874 — STRIDULENT producing a shrill grating sound
1878 — CRIARD shrill
NOUNS
1513 — SKIRL a shrill cry, a shriek, a scream; shrill talk → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1549 — SCREIGH → SKREIGH a loud shrill cry or scream → Sc.
1632 — STRIDOR a harsh, high-pitched sound; a shrill grating or creaking noise
1789 — SCREED a shrill, loud, or discordant sound → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 — SCROINOCH a shrill cry; a yell; a noise, a tumult; a noisy fuss → Sc.
1808 — SKELLOCH → SKELLOCK a shrill cry; a scream, a shriek → Sc.
1820 — SKIRLING a shrill crying, shrieking, screaming
1859 — CHELP a shrill noise; the cry of a young bird; chatter → Eng. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1386 — RIBIBE a shrill-voiced old woman → obs., contemptuous usage
1896 — SCREECH-OWL a shrill-voiced, talkative person → Ireland
1904 — SCREIGH a shrill-voiced, lean person, generally of short stature → Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
1400 — SKIRL to cry out shrilly, to scream, to shriek → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1549 — JARGLE to utter a shrill or harsh sound; to chatter, to jar → obs.
1715 — SKREIGH to utter a loud shrill cry; to screech or shriek → Sc.
1838 — STRIDULATE to make a harsh, grating, shrill noise
1892 — SCREET to make a shrill sound; to screech, to scream → Eng. dial.
1903 — YALP-YALP to call out shrilly and loudly; to whine → Sc.