| shriek | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shrieking |
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| (noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shrieking |
| (verb) utter a shrill cry | Synonyms: pipe, pipe up, shrill |
| shrieked | (adjective) uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror | - |
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| shrieking | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shriek |
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| (noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shriek |
| shrift | (noun) the act of being shriven | - |
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| shrike | (noun) any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals | - |
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| shrill | (adjective) of colors that are bright and gaudy | - |
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| (adjective) having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones | Synonyms: sharp |
| (adjective) being sharply insistent on being heard | Synonyms: strident |
| (verb) utter a shrill cry | Synonyms: pipe, pipe up, shriek |
| shrilling | (noun) a continuing shrill noise | - |
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| shrillness | (noun) having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound | Synonyms: stridence, stridency |
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| (noun) the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses | - |
| shrilly | (adverb) in a shrill voice | Synonyms: piercingly |
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| shrimp | (noun) small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible | - |
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| (noun) any of various edible decapod crustaceans | Synonyms: prawn |
| (noun) disparaging terms for small people | Synonyms: half-pint, peewee, runt |
| (verb) fish for shrimp | - |
| shrimper | (noun) a vessel engaged in shrimping | - |
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| shrimpfish | (noun) slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates | Synonyms: shrimp-fish |
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| shrimpy | (adjective) (used especially of persons) of inferior size | Synonyms: puny, runty |
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| shrine | (noun) a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person | - |
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| (verb) enclose in a shrine | Synonyms: enshrine |
| shrink | (noun) a physician who specializes in psychiatry | Synonyms: head-shrinker, psychiatrist |
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| (verb) become smaller or draw together | Synonyms: contract |
| (verb) reduce in size; reduce physically | Synonyms: reduce |
| (verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture | Synonyms: shrivel, shrivel up, wither |
| (verb) decrease in size, range, or extent | Synonyms: shrivel |
| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, squinch, wince |
| shrinkable | (adjective) capable of being shrunk | - |
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| shrinkage | (noun) the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store | Synonyms: shoplifting |
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| (noun) the amount by which something shrinks | - |
| (noun) process or result of becoming less or smaller | Synonyms: shrinking |
| shrinking | (noun) the act of becoming less | - |
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| (noun) process or result of becoming less or smaller | Synonyms: shrinkage |
| shrinkwrap | (verb) wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling | - |
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| shrive | (verb) grant remission of a sin to | Synonyms: absolve |
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| shrivel | (verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture | Synonyms: shrink, shrivel up, wither |
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| (verb) decrease in size, range, or extent | Synonyms: shrink |
| shriveled | (adjective) reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity | Synonyms: shrivelled, shrunken |
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| (adjective) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture | Synonyms: dried-up, sear, sere, shrivelled, withered |
| (adjective) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | Synonyms: shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened |
| shrivelled | (adjective) reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity | Synonyms: shriveled, shrunken |
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| (adjective) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture | Synonyms: dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, withered |
| (adjective) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | Synonyms: shriveled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened |