Utter a shrill cry.

synonyms: pipe, pipe up, shriek.

Roget 411: cry, roar, shout, bawl, brawl, halloo, halloa, hoop, whoop, yell, bellow, howl, scream, screech, screak^†, shriek, shrill, squeak, squeal, squall, whine, pule, pipe, yaup^†.    cheer; hoot; grumble, moan, groan.    snore, snort; grunt etc. (animal sounds) 412.    vociferate; raise up the voice, lift up the voice; call out, sing out, cry out; exclaim; rend the air; thunder at the top of one's voice, shout at the top of one's voice, shout at the pitch of one's breath, thunder at the pitch of one's breath; s'_egosiller; strain the throat, strain the voice, strain the lungs; give a cry etc. ... show more

Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones:
— A shrill whistle.
— A shrill gaiety.

synonym: sharp.

Roget 410: creaking etc. v.; stridulous^†, harsh, coarse, hoarse, horrisonous^†, rough, gruff, grum^†, sepulchral, hollow.    sharp, high, acute, shrill; trumpet-toned; piercing, ear-piercing, high-pitched, high-toned; cracked; discordant etc. 414; cacophonous.    ... show more

Roget 404: loud, sonorous; high-sounding, big-sounding; deep, full, powerful, noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous^†; thundering, deafening etc. v.; trumpet-tongued; ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening; piercing; obstreperous, rackety, uproarious; enough to wake the dead, enough to wake seven sleepers.    shrill etc. 410 clamorous etc. (vociferous) 411 stentorian, stentorophonic^†.    ... show more

Polish: jazgotliwy

Being sharply insistent on being heard:
— Shrill criticism.

synonym: strident.

Of colors that are bright and gaudy.