What does outshrill mean?
Outshrill means (transitive) To surpass in shrilling; to cry louder than..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To 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.
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.
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Outshrill means (transitive) To surpass in shrilling; to cry louder than..
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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.
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