outshrill

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verb

To surpass in shrilling; to cry louder than.

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Meanings

verboutshrill (third-person singular simple present outshrills, present participle outshrilling, simple past and past participle outshrilled)

present singular third person outshrills · participle present outshrilling · participle past outshrilled · past outshrilled

  1. transitiveTo surpass in shrilling; to cry louder than.

    Once again she had been stricken, beaten down, so violated that to give utterance to her feelings might have outshrilled all the criers in hell.

    1967, Richard M. Elman, The 28th day of Elul, page 94
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    For one terrifying moment, she felt nothing beneath her feet; empty space whirling round and past her, the slang and heckle of the wind outshrilling her own shriek of fear.

    2012, Wendy Perriam, The Stillness The Dancing

Origin

From out- + shrill.

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APA

outshrill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outshrill

MLA

“outshrill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outshrill. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outshrill,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outshrill.

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