shrillness
1. the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses - the shrillness of her hair color • Derivationally related forms: shrill • Hypernyms: interest, interestingness 2. having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound • Syn: stridence, stridency • Derivationally related forms: strident (for: stridency), strident (for: stridence), shrill • Hypernyms: timbre, timber, quality, tone
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