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I [ʃrɪl]1) [voice, cry, laugh, whistle, tone] stridulo, stridente2) spreg. [ criticism] insistente, petulanteII [ʃrɪl]* * *[ʃril](high-pitched and piercing: the shrill cry of a child.) acuto, stridulo- shrilly- shrillness* * *shrill /ʃrɪl/a.1 acuto; lacerante; stridulo: a shrill voice, una voce acuta; una voce stridula; a shrill laugh, una risata stridulashrillness n. [u] shrilly avv. (to) shrill /ʃrɪl/v. i.emettere un suono stridulo; stridere; strillare● to shrill out, dire (o cantare) con voce stridula.* * *I [ʃrɪl]1) [voice, cry, laugh, whistle, tone] stridulo, stridente2) spreg. [ criticism] insistente, petulanteII [ʃrɪl]
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