outshrill en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + shrill.
Meanings
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(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.
1967, Richard M. Elman, The 28th day of Elul, page 94: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outshrilled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outshrilled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outshrilling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outshrills | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |