Synonyms of the word

shrill

• adj. High-pitched and piercing.
• adj. Sharp or keen to the senses.
• adj. Having a shrill voice.
• v. To make a shrill noise.
• n. A shrill sound.

call

• n. A telephone conversation.
• n. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
• n. (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
• n. A cry or shout.
• n. A decision or judgement.
• n. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
• n. A beckoning or summoning.
• n. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
• n. (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
• n. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
• n. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.).
• n. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
• n. (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
• n. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
• n. (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
• n. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
• n. (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
• n. A pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.
• n. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
• n. (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
• n. (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description…
• v. (heading) To use one's voice.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To visit.
• v. (heading) To name, identify or describe.
• v. (heading, sports) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
• v. (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
• v. (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
• v. (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
• v. (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to…

colorful

• adj. Possessing prominent and varied colors.
• adj. Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
• adj. (euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).

colourful

• adj. British spelling standard spelling of colorful.

cry

• v. (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
• v. (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
• v. (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
• v. (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
• v. To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found,…
• v. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
• n. A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
• n. A shout or scream.
• n. Words shouted or screamed.
• n. (collectively) A group of hounds.
• n. (obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
• n. (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
• n. A desperate or urgent request.
• n. (obsolete) Common report; gossip.

high

• adj. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
• adj. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
• adj. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
• adj. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
• adj. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
• adj. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality…
• adj. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
• adj. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing…
• adj. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
• adj. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
• adj. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haugty, boastful, proud.
• adj. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
• adj. Large, great (in quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
• adj. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations…
• adj. (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
• adj. (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
• adj. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
• adj. (slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century)…
• adj. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
• adv. In or to an elevated position.
• adv. In or at a great value.
• adv. In a pitch of great frequency.
• n. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
• n. A drug that gives such a high.
• n. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
• n. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
• n. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
• n. (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
• v. (obsolete) To rise.
• n. (obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
• v. To hie; to hasten.

high-pitched

• adj. Of a sound, having a comparatively high pitch.

holler

• n. A yell, shout.
• n. By extension, any communication to get somebody's attention.
• v. (intransitive) To yell or shout.
• v. (transitive) To call out one or more words.
• v. To complain, gripe.
• n. (Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow (small valley between mountains).
• adj. (dialectal, especially Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow.

hollo

• interj. Hey, hello.
• n. A cry of "hollo".
• v. To cry "hollo".

imperative

• adj. essential.
• adj. (grammar) of, or relating to the imperative mood.
• adj. (computing theory) Having a semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
• adj. Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
• n. (uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative…
• n. (countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
• n. (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

piercing

• v. present participle of pierce.
• n. (uncountable) The action of the verb to pierce.
• n. A hole made in the body so that jewellery/jewelry can be worn through it.
• n. The jewelry itself.
• adj. Anything or anyone that pierces.

pipe

• n. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
• n. Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
• n. Meanings relating to a container.
• n. Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
• n. Meanings relating to a smoking implement.
• n. Meanings relating to computing.
• v. (intransitive) To play music on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
• v. (intransitive) To shout loudly and at high pitch.
• v. (intransitive) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
• v. (intransitive, metallurgy) Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
• v. (transitive) To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
• v. (transitive) To install or configure with pipes.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.
• v. (transitive) To decorate with piping.
• v. (transitive) To dab away moisture from.
• v. (transitive, computing, chiefly Unix) To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another…
• v. (transitive, nautical) To signal or order by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.
• v. (transitive, slang, dated) To see.

scream

• n. A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the…
• n. (music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough,…
• n. (informal) Used as an intensifier.
• n. (printers' slang) exclamation mark.
• v. To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or…
• v. To move quickly; to race.

sharp

• adj. Able to cut easily.
• adj. (colloquial) Intelligent.
• adj. Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded.
• adj. (music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
• adj. (music) Higher in pitch than required.
• adj. Having an intense, acrid flavour.
• adj. Sudden and intense.
• adj. (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
• adj. (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
• adj. Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
• adj. Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
• adj. (colloquial) Stylish or attractive.
• adj. Observant; alert; acute.
• adj. Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
• adj. Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
• adj. (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
• adj. (chess) Tactical; risky.
• adj. Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
• adj. Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
• adj. (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
• adj. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
• adj. (phonetics, dated) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
• adv. To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
• adv. (not comparable) Exactly.
• adv. (music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
• n. (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff…
• n. (music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed…
• n. (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
• n. (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
• n. (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
• n. A sharp tool or weapon.
• n. (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
• n. (medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
• n. A dishonest person; a cheater.
• n. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
• n. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
• n. (in the plural) middlings.
• n. (slang, dated) An expert.
• n. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
• v. (music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
• v. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

shout

• n. A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing…
• n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A round of drinks in a pub; the turn to pay the shot or scot;…
• n. (Britain, Australia, jargon, slang) A call-out for an emergency services team.
• n. (informal) A greeting, name-check or other mention, for example on a radio or TV programme. (also shout…
• v. (intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention,…
• v. (transitive) To utter with a shout; to cry; to shout out.
• v. (colloquial) To pay for food, drink or entertainment for others.
• v. (Internet) To post a text message (for example, email) in upper case.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To treat with shouts or clamor.

shriek

• n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain,…
• n. (Britain) (slang) An exclamation mark.
• v. To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright,…
• v. To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

squall

• n. (meteorology) A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line.
• n. (often nautical) A sudden storm, as found in a squall line.
• v. To cry or wail loudly.

strident

• adj. Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
• adj. Grating or obnoxious.
• adj. (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides.
• n. (linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.

yell

• v. (intransitive) shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
• v. (transitive) to convey by shouting.
• n. A shout.
• n. A phrase to be shouted.
• adj. (Ulster) dry (of cow).